MIAMI - Sastre13
Instances of were

223COLthey're the people that were giving away the tickets for the [/] the concert .
  they'rethey.PRON.SUB.3P+BE.V.PRES thethe.DET.DEF peoplepeople.N.SG thatthat.CONJ werewere.V.2S123P.PAST givinggive.V.PRESPART awayaway.ADV thethe.DET.DEF ticketsticket.N.PL forfor.PREP thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF concertconcert.N.SG .
  
278ELI(be)cause I knew like from xxx you were like +//.
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S knewknew.V.1S.PRES likelike.CONJ fromfrom.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
664COLthere were times when like (.) like I was like really messed up where it's like you know I had to stay up for like three a_m in the morning four a_m in the morning like writing a paper and stuff like that .
  therethere.ADV werewere.V.2S123P.PAST timestime.N.PL whenwhen.CONJ likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ reallyreal.ADJ+ADV messedmess.N.SG+AV upup.ADV wherewhere.REL it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S hadhad.V.PAST toto.PREP staystay.V.INFIN upup.ADV forfor.PREP likelike.CONJ threethree.NUM a_munk inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF morningmorning.N.SG fourfour.NUM a_munk inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF morningmorning.N.SG likelike.CONJ writingwrite.V.PRESPART aa.DET.INDEF paperpap.N.SG+COMP.AG.[or].paper.N.SG andand.CONJ stuffstuff.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
670ELI+, she [//] like <she was> [//] we were just talking about it like man .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S likelike.V.3S.PRES sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST justjust.ADV talkingtalk.V.PRESPART aboutabout.PREP itit.PRON.SUB.3S likelike.V.3S.PRES manman.N.SG .
  
678ELIlike (.) in high school like when you were a freshman you were thinking the same thing .
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN inin.PREP highhigh.ADJ schoolschool.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG whenwhen.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST aa.DET.INDEF freshmanfreshman.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST thinkingthink.V.PRESPART thethe.DET.DEF samesame.ADJ thingthing.N.SG .
  
678ELIlike (.) in high school like when you were a freshman you were thinking the same thing .
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN inin.PREP highhigh.ADJ schoolschool.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG whenwhen.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST aa.DET.INDEF freshmanfreshman.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST thinkingthink.V.PRESPART thethe.DET.DEF samesame.ADJ thingthing.N.SG .
  
680ELIyou were just +".
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV .
  
796COL+" when you were like young you know did you know what you want with your life ?
  whenwhen.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST likelike.CONJ youngyoung.ADJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES diddid.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES whatwhat.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP wantwant.V.2SP.PRES withwith.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP lifelife.N.SG ?
  
1055COLwe were there like at nine forty five .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST therethere.ADV likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN atat.PREP ninenine.NUM fortyforty.NUM fivefive.NUM .
  
1076ELIum (.) <the guy> [//] one of the guys that were from the Transformers the first one .
  umum.IM thethe.DET.DEF guyguy.N.SG oneone.NUM.[or].one.PRON.SG ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF guysguy.N.PL thatthat.CONJ werewere.V.2S123P.PAST fromfrom.PREP thethe.DET.DEF Transformersname thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ oneone.PRON.SG .
  

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