MIAMI - Sastre6
Instances of were for speaker AAR

168AARwe were there parking bikes from (.) what was it seven or eight in the morning .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST therethere.ADV parkingpark.N.SG+ASV bikesbike.N.PL fromfrom.PREP whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S sevenseven.NUM oror.CONJ eighteight.NUM inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF morningmorning.N.SG .
  
178AARyeah well we were the last ones because <we were> [//] (.) we [//] <there were> [//] we were the first ones in and were the last ones out .
  yeahyeah.ADV wellwell.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P therethere.ADV werewere.V.2S123P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL inin.PREP andand.CONJ werewere.V.2S123P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL outout.ADV .
  
178AARyeah well we were the last ones because <we were> [//] (.) we [//] <there were> [//] we were the first ones in and were the last ones out .
  yeahyeah.ADV wellwell.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P therethere.ADV werewere.V.2S123P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL inin.PREP andand.CONJ werewere.V.2S123P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL outout.ADV .
  
178AARyeah well we were the last ones because <we were> [//] (.) we [//] <there were> [//] we were the first ones in and were the last ones out .
  yeahyeah.ADV wellwell.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P therethere.ADV werewere.V.2S123P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL inin.PREP andand.CONJ werewere.V.2S123P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL outout.ADV .
  
178AARyeah well we were the last ones because <we were> [//] (.) we [//] <there were> [//] we were the first ones in and were the last ones out .
  yeahyeah.ADV wellwell.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P therethere.ADV werewere.V.2S123P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL inin.PREP andand.CONJ werewere.V.2S123P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL outout.ADV .
  
178AARyeah well we were the last ones because <we were> [//] (.) we [//] <there were> [//] we were the first ones in and were the last ones out .
  yeahyeah.ADV wellwell.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P therethere.ADV werewere.V.2S123P.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL inin.PREP andand.CONJ werewere.V.2S123P.PAST thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ onesone.PRON.PL outout.ADV .
  
384AARand now there's one old guy (.) que he drove off the side of an expressway (.) (be)cause we were coming up on the curve .
  andand.CONJ nownow.ADV there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES oneone.PRON.SG oldold.ADJ guyguy.N.SG queunk hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S drovedrove.V.3S.PRES offoff.ADV thethe.DET.DEF sideside.N.SG ofof.PREP anan.DET.INDEF expresswayexpressway.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST comingcome.V.PRESPART upup.ADV onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF curvecurve.N.SG .
  
495AARthat [///] losS [/] losS viejosS &la &đə they were all cracking up (.) because uh when we came back it was still there .
  thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR losthe.DET.DEF.M.PL losthe.DET.DEF.M.PL viejosold.ADJ.M.PL theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST allall.ADJ crackingcrack.SV.INFIN+ASV upup.ADV becausebecause.CONJ uhuh.IM whenwhen.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P camecame.V.PAST backback.ADV.[or].back.SV.INFIN itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST stillstill.ADJ therethere.ADV .
  that the the older guys, they were all cracking up because when we came back it was still there.
602AARwe're [/] we were talking shit about you .
  we'rewe.PRON.SUB.1P+BE.V.PRES wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART shitshit.SV.INFIN aboutabout.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP .
  
641AARwhen we went we were just (.) fresh into the club .
  whenwhen.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV freshfresh.ADJ intointo.PREP thethe.DET.DEF clubclub.N.SG .
  
771AARand we were laughing &pa jokes .
  andand.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST laughinglaugh.V.PRESPART jokesjoke.N.PL .
  

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