MIAMI - Sastre3
Instances of about

32LAN<how about the> [///] okSE xxx saying is why is they gonna start giving out the tests ?
  howhow.ADV aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF okunk sayingsay.SV.INFIN+ASV isis.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL isis.V.3S.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP startstart.V.INFIN givinggive.V.PRESPART outout.ADV thethe.DET.DEF teststest.N.SG+PV ?
  
85MASxxx what are you gonna do about that ?
  whatwhat.REL areare.V.123P.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP dodo.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR ?
  
107OLIlet them see what it's about .
  letlet.V.INFIN themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P seesee.SV.INFIN whatwhat.REL it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES aboutabout.PREP .
  
231LAN+< that happened to me when I was about to graduate (.) um we have that class <they weren't> [//] they were not teaching the class doing that (.) semesters .
  thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR happenedhappen.V.INFIN+AV toto.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST aboutabout.PREP toto.PREP graduategraduate.N.SG umum.IM wewe.PRON.SUB.1P havehave.V.1P.PRES thatthat.DEM.FAR classclass.N.SG theythey.PRON.SUB.3P weren'twere.V.3P.PAST+NEG theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST notnot.ADV teachingteach.V.PRESPART thethe.DET.DEF classclass.N.SG doingdo.V.PRESPART thatthat.DEM.FAR semesterssemester.N.PL .
  
359MASpuesS ellosS fueronS paraS ayerS aS nosotrosS (.) there were about twenty people there .
  puesthen.CONJ ellosthey.PRON.SUB.M.3P fueronbe.V.3P.PAST parafor.PREP ayeryesterday.ADV ato.PREP nosotroswe.PRON.OBJ.M.1P therethere.ADV werewere.V.2S123P.PAST aboutabout.PREP twentytwenty.NUM peoplepeople.N.SG therethere.ADV .
  so they came to us yesterday, there were about twenty people there.
467MAShe knew what he was talking about .
  hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S knewknew.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.REL hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART aboutabout.PREP .
  
469MASbut the guy was [//] had more to say about +...
  butbut.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF guyguy.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST hadhad.AV.PAST+P moremore.ADV toto.PREP saysay.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP .
  
477OLI+< we were laughing about it now in the car .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST laughinglaugh.V.PRESPART aboutabout.PREP itit.PRON.SUB.3S nownow.ADV inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF carcar.N.SG .
  
558MASwell (.) <if you> [/] (.) if you look at it it's more like um (.) maybe more xxx like &j you think about it .
  wellwell.ADV ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP looklook.V.2SP.PRES atat.PREP itit.PRON.SUB.3S it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES moremore.ADJ likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG umum.IM maybemaybe.ADV moremore.ADJ likelike.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP thinkthink.V.2SP.PRES aboutabout.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
564MAShow about attitude ?
  howhow.ADV aboutabout.PREP attitudeattitude.N.SG ?
  
624OLIdimeS cangrejoS then I know what you're talking about .
  dimetell.V.2S.IMPER+ME[PRON.MF.1S] cangrejocrab.N.M.SG thenthen.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES whatwhat.REL you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES talkingtalk.V.PRESPART aboutabout.PREP .
  say "crab", then I know what you're talking about
887OLIwho gives a shit about the change ?
  whowho.REL givesgive.SV.INFIN+PV aa.DET.INDEF shitshit.N.SG aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF changechange.N.SG ?
  
1002MASthe best thing about her ellaS noS complain you know .
  thethe.DET.DEF bestbest.ADJ thingthing.N.SG aboutabout.PREP herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S ellashe.PRON.SUB.F.3S nonot.ADV complaincomplain.SV.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  the best thing about her is that she doesn't complain you know

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