MIAMI - Herring3
Instances of because

47ASHthat'sE becauseE th(at)E [/] that'sE bigE businessE forE himE inE (.) Fort_LauderdaleSE .
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES bigbig.ADJ businessbusiness.N.SG forfor.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S inin.PREP Fort_Lauderdalename .
  that's because that's big business for him in Fort Lauderdale
108ASHit [//] no [//] because it's not ink .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S nono.ADV becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV inkink.N.SG .
  
163ASHbecause you're only looking at about twenty four bucks difference .
  becausebecause.CONJ you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV lookinglook.V.PRESPART atat.PREP aboutabout.PREP twentytwenty.NUM fourfour.NUM bucksbuck.N.PL differencedifference.N.SG .
  
289ASH+< (be)cause I haven't told you (.) what happened .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S haven'thave.V.1S.PRES+NEG toldtold.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP whatwhat.REL happenedhappen.V.PAST .
  
293ASHwell yeah (be)cause we didn't do the orientation yesterday .
  wellwell.ADV yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG dodo.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF orientationorientation.N.SG yesterdayyesterday.N.SG .
  
312ASHbecauseE theyE keptE herE fourE hoursE justE sittingE thereE waitingE forE ClareSE .
  becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P keptkept.V.PAST herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S fourfour.NUM hourshour.N.PL justjust.ADV sittingsit.V.PRESPART therethere.ADV waitingunk forfor.PREP Clarename .
  
344ASH+" wellE IE guessE youE [//] becauseE youE didn'tE callE ClareSE .
  wellwell.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S guessguess.V.1S.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG callcall.SV.INFIN Clarename .
  
368ASHbecauseE I'mE coveringE forE ClaudioSE .
  becausebecause.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES coveringcover.V.PRESPART forfor.PREP Claudioname .
  
411ASHohSE wellE (.) soE theE onlyE reasonE IE kindE ofE figuredE itE outE wasE becauseE (.) sheE saidE +"/.
  ohoh.IM wellwell.ADV soso.ADV thethe.DET.DEF onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV reasonreason.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S kindkind.ADJ.[or].kind.N.SG ofof.PREP figuredunk itit.PRON.SUB.3S outout.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S saidsaid.V.PAST .
  
444ASH(be)cause remember that (.) day of training ?
  becausebecause.CONJ rememberremember.V.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR dayday.N.SG ofof.PREP trainingunk ?
  
447ASHbut it doesn't matter (be)cause that's what they pay .
  butbut.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S doesn'tdoes.V.3S.PRES+NEG mattermatt.ADJ.COMP.[or].matter.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.REL theythey.PRON.SUB.3P paypay.V.3P.PRES .
  
471JACbecause it's fi(ve) fi(ve) and [/] and four is nine !
  becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES fivefive.NUM fivefive.NUM andand.CONJ andand.CONJ fourfour.NUM isis.V.3S.PRES ninenine.NUM !
  
474ASH(be)cause I don't carry you carry .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG carrycarry.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP carrycarry.V.2SP.PRES .
  
547ASHthat's only because you want to eat at a restaurant .
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP wantwant.V.2SP.PRES toto.PREP eateat.V.INFIN atat.PREP aa.DET.INDEF restaurantrestaurant.N.SG .
  
560ASHthat's because that's the first thing that comes to my mind every time somebody says something to eat I +...
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ thingthing.N.SG thatthat.DEM.FAR comescomes.N.SG.[or].come.V.3S.PRES toto.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mindmind.N.SG everyevery.ADJ timetime.N.SG somebodysomebody.PRON sayssay.V.3S.PRES somethingsomething.PRON toto.PREP eateat.V.INFIN II.PRON.SUB.1S .
  
844ASHhe could be (.) besides failing (be)cause well he is failing in some of his classes .
  hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN besidesbeside.PREP+PL.[or].besides.PREP failingunk becausebecause.CONJ wellwell.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S isis.V.3S.PRES failingunk inin.PREP somesome.ADJ ofof.PREP hishis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S classesclass.N.PL .
  

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