Example 12-109

I hear someone say - uh - someone say - there was a person who run out the jail, right, and they was looking for the per- for the person now, and he shoot the pers- he shoot the man, you know, he didn't mean to shoot him. And he mus'e bother he head and come off the Force.
[...]
[...]
they
3pl.sbj
was
3sg.cop.pst
looking
look.prog
[...]
[...]
for
for
the
the
person
person
[...]
[...]
[...] they were looking for the person [...]
Comment:
This is a progressive situation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews