SIARAD - Lloyd1
Instances of could

376GRGyeahCE itE couldE beE theE dayE beforeE thoughE couldn'tE itE .
  yeahyeah.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF dayday.N.SG beforebefore.CONJ thoughthough.CONJ couldn''tcan.V.COND+NEG itit.PRON.OBJ.3S
  yeah it could be the day before though couldn't it
378GRGyeahCE butE itE couldE beE theE dayE beforeE hanner (we)di naw .
  yeahyeah.ADV butbut.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF dayday.N.SG beforebefore.CONJ halfhalf.N.M.SG pastafter.PREP ninenine.NUM
  yeah but it could be the day before half past nine
507JEAohCE sheE couldE beE DolgellauCE .
  IMoh.IM sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN Dolgellauname
  oh she could be, Dolgellau
526GRGohCE ArthurCE couldE haveE goneE .
  IMoh.IM Arthurname couldcan.V.COND havehave.V.INFIN gonegone.V.PASTPART
  oh Arthur could have gone
537GRGArthurCE couldE haveE goneE thereE .
  Arthurname couldcan.V.COND havehave.V.INFIN gonegone.V.PASTPART therethere.ADV
  Arthur could have gone there
838GRGsheE couldE haveE umCE youE knowE +// .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S couldcan.V.COND havehave.V.INFIN IMum.IM youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES
  she could have um you know...
841ARTperhaps it's only that day they could # have gone or something .
  perhapsperhaps.ADV it''sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES onlyon.PREP+ADV.[or].only.ADJ thatthat.DEM.FAR dayday.N.SG theythey.PRON.SUB.3P couldcan.V.COND havehave.V.INFIN gonegone.V.PASTPART oror.CONJ somethingsomething.PRON
  perhaps it's only that day they could have gone or something

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