MIAMI - Herring8
Instances of because for speaker MEL

29MELbecause then +/.
  becausebecause.CONJ thenthen.ADV .
  
122MELand I told GloriaSE because +/.
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST Glorianame becausebecause.CONJ .
  
139MELbut they submitted my dissertation (.) with those formatting issues (be)cause they knew that it would still pass for the defense .
  butbut.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P submittedsubmit.V.PAST mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S dissertationdissertation.N.SG withwith.PREP thosethose.DEM.FAR.PL formattingformat.N.SG+ASV issuesissue.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P knewknew.V.3P.PRES thatthat.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S wouldbe.V.3S.COND stillstill.ADJ passpass.V.INFIN forfor.PREP thethe.DET.DEF defensedefense.N.SG .
  
184MELthen do it because ahíS noS vaS aS crecerS nadaS .
  thenthen.ADV dodo.SV.INFIN itit.PRON.SUB.3S becausebecause.CONJ ahíthere.ADV nonot.ADV vago.V.3S.PRES ato.PREP crecergrow.V.INFIN nadanothing.PRON .
  then do it, because nothing is going to grow there.
242MELand I had told her you know do something on conservation (be)cause there's water +...
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S hadhad.V.PAST toldtold.V.PASTPART herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN somethingsomething.PRON onon.PREP conservationconservation.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES waterwater.N.SG .
  
245MELI had already gone through them (be)cause supposedly that's what I was gonna do yesterday .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S hadhad.V.PAST alreadyalready.ADV gonegone.AV.PAST throughthrough.PREP themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P becausebecause.CONJ supposedlysupposedly.ADV that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP dodo.V.INFIN yesterdayyesterday.N.SG .
  
505MELtell her to come get her dog (be)cause she is eating grass again .
  telltell.V.INFIN herher.PRON.OBJ.F.3S toto.PREP comecome.V.INFIN getget.V.INFIN herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S dogdog.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S isis.V.3S.PRES eatingunk grassgrass.N.SG againagain.ADV .
  
569MELit was weird (be)cause the second lesson +...
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST weirdweird.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF secondsecond.ADJ lessonlesson.N.SG .
  
580MEL+< xxx they show is my job complete (be)cause I think <they were gonna> [//] your job is complete for this &se section .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P showshow.V.3P.PRES isis.V.3S.PRES mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S jobjob.N.SG completecomplete.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP jobjob.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES completecomplete.ADJ forfor.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG sectionsection.N.SG .
  
826MELbecause she likes to sleep .
  becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S likeslike.V.3S.PRES toto.PREP sleepsleep.N.SG .
  

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