MIAMI - Maria31
Instances of because for speaker MAR

75MARit's too much (be)cause you have seven hundred channels .
  it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES tootoo.ADV muchmuch.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES sevenseven.NUM hundredhundred.NUM channelschannel.N.PL .
  
96MAR+, that's because she didn't tell anybody .
  that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG telltell.V.INFIN anybodyanybody.PRON .
  
101MAR+< (be)cause I was here !
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST herehere.ADV !
  
140MARparticularly because the woman sits in this corner xxx not that way [=! chewing a sweet] .
  particularlyparticular.ADJ+ADV.[or].particularly.ADV becausebecause.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF womanwoman.N.SG sitssit.N.PL inin.PREP thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG cornercorn.N.SG+COMP.AG.[or].corner.N.SG notnot.ADV thatthat.DEM.FAR wayway.N.SG .
  
210MARbecause we're more colourful !
  becausebecause.CONJ we'rewe.PRON.SUB.1P+BE.V.PRES moremore.ADV colourfulcolourful.ADJ !
  
398MARbecause he doesn't know what he's doing .
  becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S doesn'tdoes.V.3S.PRES+NEG knowknow.SV.INFIN whatwhat.REL he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES doingdo.V.PRESPART .
  
452MAR+< yeah <(be)cause you come and do visit> [//] <you> [//] (.) but you come also and visit your mum all the time .
  yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP comecome.V.2SP.PRES andand.CONJ dodo.V.INFIN visitvisit.SV.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP butbut.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP comecome.V.2SP.PRES alsoalso.ADV andand.CONJ visitvisit.V.INFIN youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP mummum.N.SG allall.ADJ thethe.DET.DEF timetime.N.SG .
  
466MAR+< well it's probably during pregnancy because you're swelling .
  wellwell.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES probablyprobably.ADV duringdure.ADJ+ASV.[or].during.PREP pregnancypregnancy.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES swellingswell.V.PRESPART .
  
487MARI thought you were in TambysSE because there's less crowds .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S thoughtthought.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST inin.PREP Tambysname becausebecause.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES lessless.ADV crowdscrowd.N.PL .
  
706MAR+< because they figured this gringoS wanted to sunbathe .
  becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P figuredunk thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG gringoNorth_American .N.M.SG.:NORTH_AMERICAN wantedwant.V.PAST toto.PREP sunbathesunbathe.V.INFIN .
  
757MARand ye(t) <we can't even> [/] we can't even say that you were drunk as an excuse (be)cause you don't drink !
  andand.CONJ yetyet.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P can'tcan.V.123SP.PRES+NEG eveneven.ADJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P can'tcan.V.123SP.PRES+NEG eveneven.ADV saysay.V.INFIN thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST drunkdrunk.ADJ asas.CONJ anan.DET.INDEF excuseexcuse.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP don'tdo.V.2SP.PRES+NEG drinkdrink.V.INFIN !
  

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