MIAMI - Zeledon9
Instances of were for speaker CHA

216CHAwe've been really close since we were little girls .
  we'vewe.PRON.SUB.1P+HAVE.V.PRES beenbeen.V.PASTPART reallyreal.ADJ+ADV closeclose.SV.INFIN sincesince.PREP wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST littlelittle.ADJ girlsgirl.N.PL .
  
414CHAyou were her birthday present .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S birthdaybirthday.N.SG presentpresent.ADJ .
  
570CHAremember when we were in the car ?
  rememberremember.V.INFIN whenwhen.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF carcar.N.SG ?
  
571CHAand we were with FrancescaSE talking Spanish .
  andand.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST withwith.PREP Francescaname talkingtalk.V.PRESPART SpanishSpanish.N.SG .
  
670CHAI know so when they were gonna make the statue he was just this little mini guy muyS muyS chiquitoS comoS unaS enanitoS .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES soso.ADV whenwhen.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP makemake.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF statuestatue.N.SG hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG littlelittle.ADJ minimini.ADJ guyguy.N.SG muyvery.ADV muyvery.ADV chiquitosmall.ADJ.M.SG.DIM comolike.CONJ unaunite.V.13S.SUBJ.PRES enanitodwarf.N.M.SG.DIM .
  I know, so when they were gonna make the statue he was just this little mini guy, really small like a dwarf.

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