MIAMI - Sastre10
Instances of because

212JENbut that's good (be)cause +/.
  butbut.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES goodgood.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ .
  
245JENI think they came out again because I saw them .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES theythey.PRON.SUB.3P camecame.V.PAST outout.ADV againagain.ADV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S sawsaw.V.PAST themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P .
  
269JOClook because look how rat &tat tattered they are .
  looklook.V.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ looklook.V.INFIN howhow.ADV ratrat.N.SG tatteredtattered.N.SG.[or].tatter.V.PAST theythey.PRON.SUB.3P areare.V.3P.PRES .
  
274JEN+< (be)cause I think white with +...
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES whitewhite.ADJ withwith.PREP .
  
288JENthey do though because that color's very universal .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P dodo.V.3P.PRES thoughthough.CONJ becausebecause.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR color'scolor.N.SG+GB veryvery.ADV universaluniversal.ADJ .
  
330JEN(be)cause even if <it was> [/] it was kidding around or xxx +...
  becausebecause.CONJ eveneven.ADJ ifif.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST kiddingunk aroundaround.ADV oror.CONJ .
  
353JOCbut he's so funny because a couple of people have told me that they see him másS másS embulladitoS .
  butbut.CONJ he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES soso.ADV funnyfunny.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP peoplepeople.N.SG havehave.N.SG toldtold.V.PASTPART meme.PRON.OBJ.1S thatthat.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P seesee.V.3P.PRES himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S másmore.ADV másmore.ADV embulladitoenthusiastic.ADJ.M.SG.DIM .
  but he's so funny because a couple of people have told me that they see him more and more excited.
406JOCbecause flavors all of that is &f completely foreign to him .
  becausebecause.CONJ flavorsflavor.N.PL allall.ADJ ofof.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR isis.V.3S.PRES completelycomplete.ADJ+ADV.[or].completely.ADV foreignforeign.ADJ toto.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S .
  
436JENthe only thing I feel bad because it's the second person already that has put me in that position .
  thethe.DET.DEF onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV thingthing.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S feelfeel.V.1S.PRES badbad.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF secondsecond.ADJ personperson.N.SG alreadyalready.ADV thatthat.CONJ hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES putput.SV.INFIN meme.PRON.OBJ.1S inin.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR positionposition.N.SG .
  
437JENI feel really bad because the other day AntonioSE calls me .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S feelfeel.V.1S.PRES reallyreal.ADJ+ADV badbad.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF otherother.ADJ dayday.N.SG Antonioname callscall.SV.INFIN+PV meme.PRON.OBJ.1S .
  
450JOCbecause here it's worthless [=! laughs] .
  becausebecause.CONJ herehere.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES worthlessworthless.ADJ .
  
475JEN+" oh my god because what do you think in [/] in the field of medical assistant ?
  ohoh.IM mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S godgod.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ whatwhat.REL dodo.SV.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP thinkthink.V.2SP.PRES inin.PREP inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF fieldfield.N.SG ofof.PREP medicalmedical.ADJ assistantassistant.N.SG ?
  
488JEN(be)cause Marta'sSE+eng asking me .
  becausebecause.CONJ Marta's askingask.SV.INFIN+ASV meme.PRON.OBJ.1S .
  
513JOCbecause +...
  becausebecause.CONJ .
  
559JOC(be)cause if I woulda thought that was a special talent I woulda kept on doing it .
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wouldaunk thoughtthought.AV.PAST thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF specialspecial.ADJ talenttalent.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S wouldaunk keptkept.AV.PAST onon.ADV doingdo.V.PRESPART itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
591JEN+< because I'm not +...
  becausebecause.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES notnot.ADV .
  
599JENbecause now we're trapped .
  becausebecause.CONJ nownow.ADV we'rewe.PRON.SUB.1P+BE.V.PRES trappedtrap.N.SG+AV .
  
604JENoh because she wants to see what's going on .
  ohoh.IM becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S wantswant.V.3S.PRES toto.PREP seesee.V.INFIN what'swhat.REL+GB goinggo.SV.INFIN+ASV onon.PREP .
  
611JEN+< why because was [//] he's a little bit +...
  whywhy.REL becausebecause.CONJ waswas.V.3S.PAST he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bitbit.N.SG .
  
633JENwell but to a certain degree I mean he has to kind of have that presence because of his position .
  wellwell.ADV butbut.CONJ toto.PREP aa.DET.INDEF certaincertain.ADJ degreedegree.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES toto.PREP kindkind.ADJ.[or].kind.N.SG ofof.PREP havehave.SV.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR presencepresence.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP hishis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S positionposition.N.SG .
  
679JENspeaking of that you know the other day TommySE and I (.) well we didn't get into a fight or anything but he pretty much told me that (.) I have to change my ways because I'm so harsh and that I don't xxx .
  speakingspeak.V.PRESPART ofof.PREP thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES thethe.DET.DEF otherother.ADJ dayday.N.SG Tommyname andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wellwell.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG getget.SV.INFIN intointo.PREP aa.DET.INDEF fightfight.N.SG oror.CONJ anythinganything.PRON butbut.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S prettypretty.ADJ muchmuch.ADJ toldtold.AV.PAST meme.PRON.OBJ.1S thatthat.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP changechange.V.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S waysway.N.PL.[or].ways.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES soso.ADV harshharsh.ADJ andand.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG .
  
684JENbecause I was like +"/.
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
720JOCbecause it didn't matter if I had learned to shut up .
  becausebecause.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG mattermatt.ADJ.COMP.[or].matter.N.SG ifif.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S hadhad.V.PAST learnedunk toto.PREP shutshut.V.INFIN upup.ADV .
  
722JOC(be)cause my face said it all .
  becausebecause.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S faceface.N.SG saidsaid.AV.PAST+P itit.PRON.SUB.3S allall.ADJ .
  
733JOCbecause my face was saying something else .
  becausebecause.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S faceface.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST sayingsay.V.PRESPART somethingsomething.PRON elseelse.ADJ .
  
744JENwell I think and I've [//] I mean I &s [/] I do this because obviously I think TommySE is much more quiet and observant .
  wellwell.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES andand.CONJ I'veI.PRON.SUB.1S+HAVE.V.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S dodo.V.1S.PRES thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG becausebecause.CONJ obviouslyobvious.ADJ+ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES Tommyname isis.V.3S.PRES muchmuch.ADJ moremore.ADV quietquiet.ADJ andand.CONJ observantobservant.ADJ .
  
858JEN+" no because I have a [/] a friend whose a doctor in CubaSE .
  nono.ADV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF aa.DET.INDEF friendfriend.N.SG whosewhose.ADJ aa.DET.INDEF doctordoctor.N.SG inin.PREP Cubaname .
  
865JENbecause that just riles me up .
  becausebecause.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV rilesrile.N.PL meme.PRON.OBJ.1S upup.ADV .
  
919JOCbecause that's +...
  becausebecause.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES .
  
949JEN(be)cause it's not my clinic .
  becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S clinicclinic.N.SG .
  
991JENbecause they like me .
  becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P likelike.V.3P.PRES meme.PRON.OBJ.1S .
  
1047JEN+< because he had been there before .
  becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S hadhad.V.PAST beenbeen.V.PASTPART therethere.ADV beforebefore.CONJ .
  
1075JOC(be)cause he tells me .
  becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S tellstell.V.3S.PRES meme.PRON.OBJ.1S .
  
1077JOC+" oh because you look twenty .
  ohoh.IM becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP looklook.V.2SP.PRES twentytwenty.NUM .
  
1091JEN(be)cause you know I say that too .
  becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S saysay.V.1S.PRES thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR tootoo.ADV .
  
1104JENyou think that everybody (be)cause you know me and we all look the same .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP thinkthink.V.2SP.PRES thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR everybodyeverybody.PRON becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES meme.PRON.OBJ.1S andand.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P allall.ADJ looklook.SV.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF samesame.ADJ .
  
1109JEN(be)cause I know it happens to you .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES itit.PRON.SUB.3S happenshappen.V.3S.PRES toto.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP .
  
1166JEN+" because you know we think that we're cool we're young and hip .
  becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES wewe.PRON.SUB.1P thinkthink.V.1P.PRES thatthat.CONJ we'rewe.PRON.SUB.1P+BE.V.PRES coolcool.V.1P.PRES we'rewe.PRON.SUB.1P+BE.V.PRES youngyoung.ADJ andand.CONJ hiphip.N.SG .
  
1168JENbecause everybody that you know that's your age more or less fits the bill I think .
  becausebecause.CONJ everybodyeverybody.PRON thatthat.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP ageage.N.SG moremore.ADV oror.CONJ lessless.ADV fitsfit.N.PL thethe.DET.DEF billbill.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES .
  
1200JENbecause I don't feel that that's what I look like .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG feelfeel.V.INFIN thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S looklook.V.1S.PRES likelike.CONJ .
  
1215JOCbecause people at work think I'm big too .
  becausebecause.CONJ peoplepeople.N.SG atat.PREP workwork.N.SG thinkthink.N.SG I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES bigbig.ADJ tootoo.ADV .
  
1216JENwell because I think either they know you already .
  wellwell.ADV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES eithereither.ADJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P knowknow.V.3P.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP alreadyalready.ADV .
  
1234JOC+< because +...
  becausebecause.CONJ .
  
1300JEN(be)cause you see AndrewSE .
  becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP seesee.V.2SP.PRES Andrewname .
  
1398JEN(be)cause <it was &h> [//] it's his dad's house .
  becausebecause.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES hishis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S dad'sdad.N.SG+=POSS househouse.N.SG .
  
1427JEN+" (be)cause you're a pig or whatever .
  becausebecause.CONJ you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES aa.DET.INDEF pigpig.N.SG oror.CONJ whateverwhatever.REL .
  
1483JEN+" because I went to go buy shorts .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wentwent.V.PAST toto.PREP gogo.V.INFIN buybuy.V.INFIN shortsshort.ADJ+PV.[or].shorts.N.PL .
  

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