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Instances of been for speaker ELL

375ELLso MartaSE and MariaSE have been at it .
  soso.ADV Martaname andand.CONJ Marianame havehave.SV.INFIN beenbeen.V.PASTPART atat.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
376ELLelS gatoS and MariaSE have been at it .
  elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG gatocat.N.M.SG andand.CONJ Marianame havehave.SV.INFIN beenbeen.V.PASTPART atat.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  the cat and Maria have been at it.
377ELLMartinSE and MariaSE have been at it .
  Martinname andand.CONJ Marianame havehave.SV.INFIN beenbeen.V.PASTPART atat.PREP itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
378ELLeverybody has been at it with MariaSE because she just doesn't know how to handle situations .
  everybodyeverybody.PRON hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES beenbeen.V.PASTPART atat.PREP itit.PRON.SUB.3S withwith.PREP Marianame becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S justjust.ADV doesn'tdoes.V.INFIN+NEG knowknow.SV.INFIN howhow.ADV toto.PREP handlehandle.N.SG situationssituation.N.PL .
  
380ELLohSE yeah MariaSE and I had never been at it because from the beginning I knew that with that lady you have to have a little bit more than pacienciaS than everybody else .
  ohoh.IM yeahyeah.ADV Marianame andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S hadhad.V.PAST nevernever.ADV beenbeen.V.PASTPART atat.PREP itit.PRON.SUB.3S becausebecause.CONJ fromfrom.PREP thethe.DET.DEF beginningbegin.N.SG.GER II.PRON.SUB.1S knewknew.V.1S.PRES thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR withwith.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR ladylady.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES toto.PREP havehave.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bitbit.N.SG moremore.ADV thanthan.CONJ pacienciapatience.N.F.SG thanthan.CONJ everybodyeverybody.PRON elseelse.ADJ .
  oh yeah, Maria and I had never been at it because from the beginning I knew that with that lady you have to have a little bit more patience than everybody else.
571ELLnobody [/] nobody [/] nobody in this earth has been able to compare to my abuelaS .
  nobodynobody.PRON nobodynobody.PRON nobodynobody.PRON inin.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG earthearth.N.SG hasha.IM+PV.[or].has.V.3S.PRES beenbeen.V.PASTPART ableable.ADJ toto.PREP comparecompare.V.INFIN toto.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S abuelagrandmother.N.F.SG .
  nobody on this earth has been able to compare to my grandma.

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