MIAMI - Herring15
Instances of because for speaker BRA

28BRAI've lost two already (be)cause I give (th)em +...
  I'veI.PRON.SUB.1S+HAVE.V.PRES lostlost.ADJ twotwo.NUM alreadyalready.ADV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S givegive.V.1S.PRES themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P .
  
37BRAbut (be)cause (.) I don't know .
  butbut.CONJ becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN .
  
56BRA(be)cause I did the same thing the last time we turned all our projects in .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S diddid.V.PAST thethe.DET.DEF samesame.ADJ thingthing.N.SG thethe.DET.DEF lastlast.ADJ timetime.N.SG wewe.PRON.SUB.1P turnedunk allall.ADJ ourour.ADJ.POSS.1P projectsproject.N.PL inin.PREP .
  
61BRA+< (be)cause we have a lady .
  becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P havehave.V.1P.PRES aa.DET.INDEF ladylady.N.SG .
  
108BRA(be)cause <she bro> [///] it was her car from like when she was in high school .
  becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S brobro.N.SG itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S carcar.N.SG fromfrom.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN whenwhen.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST inin.PREP highhigh.ADJ schoolschool.N.SG .
  
131BRAand (.) I [/] I think the only reason she likes it that much though is (be)cause she started dating this kid like three or four years ago bro .
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV reasonreason.N.SG sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S likeslike.V.3S.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S thatthat.DEM.FAR muchmuch.ADJ thoughthough.CONJ isis.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S startedstart.V.PASTPART datingdate.N.SG+ASV thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG kidkid.N.SG likelike.CONJ threethree.NUM oror.CONJ fourfour.NUM yearsyear.N.PL agoago.ADV brobro.N.SG .
  
168BRAit's all sunny (be)cause of the smog .
  it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES allall.ADJ sunnysunny.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF smogsmog.N.SG .
  
169BRA(be)cause <it's all like> [//] down here it's all like farming .
  becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES allall.ADJ likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN downdown.PREP herehere.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES allall.ADJ likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN farmingunk .
  
235BRA+< yeah we went there (be)cause she [/] she had like a little house and we went there bro and it's mad nice [/] (.) mad nice (be)cause it's farther away from the city so there's not so much (.) um smog in the air .
  yeahyeah.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST therethere.ADV becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S hadhad.V.PAST likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ househouse.N.SG andand.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST therethere.ADV brobro.N.SG andand.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES madmad.ADJ nicenice.ADJ madmad.ADJ nicenice.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES fartherfarther.ADV awayaway.ADV fromfrom.PREP thethe.DET.DEF citycity.N.SG soso.ADV there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV soso.ADV muchmuch.ADJ umum.IM smogsmog.N.SG inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF airair.N.SG .
  
235BRA+< yeah we went there (be)cause she [/] she had like a little house and we went there bro and it's mad nice [/] (.) mad nice (be)cause it's farther away from the city so there's not so much (.) um smog in the air .
  yeahyeah.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST therethere.ADV becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S hadhad.V.PAST likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ househouse.N.SG andand.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST therethere.ADV brobro.N.SG andand.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES madmad.ADJ nicenice.ADJ madmad.ADJ nicenice.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES fartherfarther.ADV awayaway.ADV fromfrom.PREP thethe.DET.DEF citycity.N.SG soso.ADV there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV soso.ADV muchmuch.ADJ umum.IM smogsmog.N.SG inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF airair.N.SG .
  
269BRAyeah <I I didn('t)> [///] we went hunting a lot just (be)cause our xxx are hunters .
  yeahyeah.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST huntinghunt.V.PRESPART aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV becausebecause.CONJ ourour.ADJ.POSS.1P areare.V.123P.PRES huntershunter.N.PL .
  
281BRAbro the water's like green like [/] like that blue like light green (be)cause the sand is white .
  brobro.N.SG thethe.DET.DEF water'swater.N.SG+GB likelike.CONJ greengreen.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG likelike.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR blueblue.N.SG likelike.CONJ lightlight.N.SG greengreen.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF sandsand.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES whitewhite.ADJ .
  
296BRAlike (be)cause it's huge on diving (be)cause like <here come> [//] like here's Honduras .
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES hugehuge.ADJ onon.PREP divingdive.V.PRESPART becausebecause.CONJ likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN herehere.ADV comecome.SV.INFIN likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN here'shere.ADV+GB Hondurasname .
  
296BRAlike (be)cause it's huge on diving (be)cause like <here come> [//] like here's Honduras .
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES hugehuge.ADJ onon.PREP divingdive.V.PRESPART becausebecause.CONJ likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN herehere.ADV comecome.SV.INFIN likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN here'shere.ADV+GB Hondurasname .
  
336BRA(be)cause bro have you ever been night diving ?
  becausebecause.CONJ brobro.N.SG havehave.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP everever.ADV beenbeen.V.PASTPART nightnight.N.SG divingdive.V.PRESPART ?
  
340BRA(be)cause you can be be going down bro and you think you're going up .
  becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES bebe.V.INFIN bebe.SV.INFIN goinggo.V.PRESPART downdown.PREP brobro.N.SG andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP thinkthink.V.2SP.PRES you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES goinggo.V.PRESPART upup.ADV .
  
342BRA+< (be)cause <you don't> [/] you don't realize it .
  becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP don'tdo.V.2SP.PRES+NEG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP don'tdo.V.2SP.PRES+NEG realizerealize.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
351BRAmy dad told me that when he was out there building the house (be)cause my dad was in Notre_Dame he took [//] it took him six years to graduate .
  mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG toldtold.V.PAST meme.PRON.OBJ.1S thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR whenwhen.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST outout.ADV therethere.ADV buildingunk thethe.DET.DEF househouse.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST inin.PREP Notre_Damename hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S tooktake.V.PAST itit.PRON.SUB.3S tooktake.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S sixsix.NUM yearsyear.N.PL toto.PREP graduategraduate.N.SG .
  
356BRAbut it took my dad six years (be)cause he took a year off and moved to Roatan and built our house out there .
  butbut.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S tooktake.V.PAST mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG sixsix.NUM yearsyear.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S tooktake.V.PAST aa.DET.INDEF yearyear.N.SG offoff.PREP andand.CONJ movedmove.V.INFIN+AV toto.PREP Roatanname andand.CONJ builtbuilt.AV.PAST ourour.ADJ.POSS.1P househouse.N.SG outout.ADV therethere.ADV .
  
373BRA(be)cause it's like in a bay .
  becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN inin.PREP aa.DET.INDEF baybay.N.SG .
  
378BRAso the [/] the dock goes out like fifty feet (be)cause bro my grandfather used to have a fifty two foot yacht out there .
  soso.ADV thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF dockdock.N.SG goesgoes.N.SG outout.ADV likelike.CONJ fiftyfifty.NUM feetfeet.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ brobro.N.SG mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S grandfathergrandfather.N.SG useduse.V.PAST toto.PREP havehave.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF fiftyfifty.NUM twotwo.NUM footfoot.N.SG yachtyacht.N.SG outout.ADV therethere.ADV .
  
414BRA(be)cause there's something that falls in there .
  becausebecause.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES somethingsomething.PRON thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR fallsfall.V.3S.PRES inin.PREP therethere.ADV .
  
457BRA+< yeah bro (be)cause your body stays that cold for a while xxx .
  yeahyeah.ADV brobro.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP bodybody.N.SG staysstays.N.PL.[or].stay.V.PRES.3S thatthat.DEM.FAR coldcold.ADJ forfor.PREP aa.DET.INDEF whilewhile.CONJ .
  
499BRAin Honduras like &=clears_throat my grandmother's house like my aunt's house is inside the gates (be)cause she is the youngest one .
  inin.PREP Hondurasname likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S grandmother'sgrandmother.N.SG+=POSS househouse.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S aunt'saunt.N.SG+=POSS househouse.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES insideinside.N.SG thethe.DET.DEF gatesgate.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S isis.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF youngestyoung.ADJ+ADJ.SUP oneone.PRON.SG .
  
500BRAso my grandfather made her a house (be)cause she is the only one there .
  soso.ADV mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S grandfathergrandfather.N.SG mademade.V.PAST herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S aa.DET.INDEF househouse.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S isis.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV oneone.PRON.SG therethere.ADV .
  
534BRA&=laugh (be)cause I'm getting attacked by bees .
  becausebecause.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES gettingget.V.PRESPART attackedattack.SV.INFIN+AV byby.PREP beesbee.N.PL .
  
571BRA(be)cause like it makes the swelling go down .
  becausebecause.CONJ likelike.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S makesmake.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF swellingswell.N.SG.GER gogo.N.SG downdown.PREP .
  
576BRA(be)cause I guess when my cousin told her, she didn't even think it was that bad .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S guessguess.V.1S.PRES whenwhen.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S cousincousin.N.SG toldtold.V.PAST herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG eveneven.ADV thinkthink.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST thatthat.DEM.FAR badbad.ADJ .
  

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