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Instances of because

17ANTIt's imperative that we make that clear because the next page +/.
  It'sname imperativeimperative.ADJ thatthat.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P makemake.V.1P.PRES thatthat.DEM.FAR clearclear.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF nextnext.ADJ pagepage.N.SG .
  
21ANTum (.) it's imperative you say it because on the next page then (.) he's got an option .
  umum.IM it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES imperativeimperative.ADJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP saysay.V.2SP.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S becausebecause.CONJ onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF nextnext.ADJ pagepage.N.SG thenthen.ADV he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+HAVE.V.3S.PRES gotgot.V.PASTPART anan.DET.INDEF optionoption.N.SG .
  
28ANTbut if it's location two it'll be beautiful (be)cause I'll be [///] it will say xxx the building .
  butbut.CONJ ifif.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES locationlocation.N.SG twotwo.NUM it'llit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.FUT bebe.V.3S.PRES beautifulbeautiful.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ I'llI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.FUT bebe.V.INFIN itit.PRON.SUB.3S willwill.V.3S.FUT saysay.SV.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF buildingunk .
  
54ANTyou wouldn't say policíaS (be)cause that's [/] that's &=mumbles +...
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP wouldn'tbe.V.2SP.COND+NEG saysay.SV.INFIN policíapolice.N.F.SG becausebecause.CONJ that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES .
  you wouldn't say police because that's ...
57SEA(be)cause I mean like if it's a detective you just say like you know detectiveSE &=mumbles .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES likelike.CONJ ifif.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF detectivedetective.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP justjust.ADV saysay.V.2SP.PRES likelike.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES detectivedetective.N.SG .
  
63ANTbecause if you xxx it sounds very uh xxx +...
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP itit.PRON.SUB.3S soundssound.N.PL veryvery.ADV uhuh.IM .
  
113SEAbecause think about it you know .
  becausebecause.CONJ thinkthink.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP itit.PRON.SUB.3S youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
169SEA&j &j <you have to see> [/] you have to see Lord_of_war because Lord_of_war like the centre piece weapon in Lord_of_war is the A_k the KalashnikovSE you know .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES toto.PREP seesee.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES toto.PREP seesee.V.INFIN Lord_of_warname becausebecause.CONJ Lord_of_warname likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF centrecentre.N.SG piecepiece.N.SG weaponweapon.N.SG inin.PREP Lord_of_warname isis.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF A_kname thethe.DET.DEF Kalashnikovname youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
193ANTand it's because I heard someone shoot an A_k full auto thirty rounds .
  andand.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S heardheard.V.PAST someonesomeone.PRON shootshoot.SV.INFIN anan.DET.INDEF A_kname fullfull.ADJ autoauto.N.SG thirtythirty.NUM roundsround.ADJ+PV .
  
272SEAbecause I was like &=gasp .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
321SEAbecause this is all about survival so &=laughs .
  becausebecause.CONJ thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG isis.V.3S.PRES allall.ADJ aboutabout.PREP survivalsurvival.N.SG soso.ADV .
  
324SEAbecause when it's all said and done (.) you know I can hate whoever I wanna hate (.) at twelve o'clock at one o'clock .
  becausebecause.CONJ whenwhen.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES allall.ADJ saidsaid.AV.PAST+P andand.CONJ donedone.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES hatehate.V.INFIN whoeverwhoever.PRON II.PRON.SUB.1S wannawant.V.1S.PRES+TO.PREP hatehate.V.INFIN atat.PREP twelvetwelve.NUM o'clocko'clock.ADV atat.PREP oneone.PRON.SG o'clocko'clock.ADV .
  
334SEAbecause [/] because again like whether [/] whether the [/] the officers +...
  becausebecause.CONJ becausebecause.CONJ againagain.ADV likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN whetherwhether.CONJ whetherwhether.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF officersofficer.N.PL .
  
334SEAbecause [/] because again like whether [/] whether the [/] the officers +...
  becausebecause.CONJ becausebecause.CONJ againagain.ADV likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN whetherwhether.CONJ whetherwhether.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF officersofficer.N.PL .
  
339SEAbecause given that it's so wishy washy given that it's so (.) shifty and unstructured respect is gonna factor in .
  becausebecause.CONJ givengiven.V.INFIN thatthat.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES soso.ADV wishyunk washywashy.ADJ givengiven.SV.INFIN thatthat.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES soso.ADV shiftyshifty.ADJ andand.CONJ unstructuredunk respectrespect.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP factorfactor.N.SG inin.PREP .
  
347ANTbecause I know that when I question people (.) maybe the first fifteen minutes is good but I [/] I [/] I do feel like I'm hunting them down when I get the answer I want .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S questionquestion.N.SG peoplepeople.N.SG maybemaybe.ADV thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ fifteenfifteen.NUM minutesminute.N.PL isis.V.3S.PRES goodgood.ADJ butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S dodo.V.1S.PRES feelfeel.SV.INFIN likelike.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES huntinghunt.V.PRESPART themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P downdown.PREP whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S getget.V.1S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF answeranswer.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S wantwant.V.1S.PRES .
  
361SEAbecause then you know you're thinking about your next question .
  becausebecause.CONJ thenthen.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES thinkingthink.V.PRESPART aboutabout.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP nextnext.ADJ questionquestion.N.SG .
  
412ANTsome of the time (be)cause when you take accents and stuff into play those acentosS can be pretty +...
  somesome.ADJ ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF timetime.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ whenwhen.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP taketake.V.2SP.PRES accentsaccent.N.PL andand.CONJ stuffstuff.V.INFIN intointo.PREP playplay.SV.INFIN thosethose.DEM.FAR.PL acentosaccent.N.M.PL cancan.V.123SP.PRES bebe.V.INFIN prettypretty.ADJ .
  some of the time (be)cause when you take accents and stuff into play those accents can be pretty ...
425SEAin English you have that ambigu(ous) [/] ambiguous possibility because of the the way you can put place (.) um (.) uh modifiers .
  inin.PREP EnglishEnglish.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP havehave.V.2SP.PRES thatthat.DEM.FAR ambiguousambiguous.ADJ ambiguousambiguous.ADJ possibilitypossibility.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF wayway.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES putput.V.INFIN placeplace.N.SG umum.IM uhuh.IM modifiersmodifier.N.PL .
  
427ANTbecause (.) English does allow you to be a little ambiguous which means you can have so many more double meanings at times .
  becausebecause.CONJ EnglishEnglish.N.SG doesdoes.N.SG allowallow.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ ambiguousambiguous.ADJ whichwhich.REL meansmeans.N.SG.[or].mean.SV.INFIN+PV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES havehave.V.INFIN soso.ADV manymany.ADJ moremore.ADV doubledouble.ADJ meaningsunk atat.PREP timestime.N.PL .
  
455SEAbecause there's not point .
  becausebecause.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV pointpoint.N.SG .
  
466SEAlike &a (.) because (.) like my whole idea is that +/.
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S wholewhole.ADJ ideaidea.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
470SEA(be)cause I told her about the event .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF eventevent.N.SG .
  
592SEAbecause the thing about vacilarS is that it [/] <it means> [/] it means to take in visually .
  becausebecause.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG aboutabout.PREP vacilarhesitate.V.INFIN isis.V.3S.PRES thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR itit.PRON.SUB.3S itit.PRON.SUB.3S meansmeans.N.SG.[or].mean.V.3S.PRES itit.PRON.SUB.3S meansmeans.N.SG.[or].mean.V.3S.PRES toto.PREP taketake.V.INFIN inin.PREP visuallyvisual.ADJ+ADV.[or].visually.ADV .
  because the thing about "to check out" is that it means to take in visually.
605SEAit's not it's (be)cause you see you can't directly translate it into checking it out to checking out like I checked out that girl .
  it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP seesee.V.2SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP can'tcan.V.2SP.PRES+NEG directlydirectly.ADV.[or].direct.V.INFIN+ADV translatetranslate.SV.INFIN itit.PRON.SUB.3S intointo.PREP checkingcheck.SV.INFIN+ASV itit.PRON.SUB.3S outout.ADV toto.PREP checkingcheck.V.INFIN+ASV outout.ADV likelike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S checkedcheck.V.PAST outout.ADV thatthat.DEM.FAR girlgirl.N.SG .
  
674SEA(be)cause like we checked her out on the way there and on the way back like .
  becausebecause.CONJ likelike.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P checkedcheck.V.PAST herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S outout.ADV onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF wayway.N.SG therethere.ADV andand.CONJ onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF wayway.N.SG backback.ADV.[or].back.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG .
  
675SEA(be)cause we had to use the U_turn .
  becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P hadhad.V.PAST toto.PREP useuse.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF U_turnname .
  
823ANTyeah (be)cause I'm [/] I'm doing general area .
  yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES doingdo.V.PRESPART generalgeneral.ADJ areaarea.N.SG .
  
833ANT(be)cause this is what it looked like from that direction .
  becausebecause.CONJ thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG isis.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.REL itit.PRON.SUB.3S lookedlook.V.PAST likelike.CONJ fromfrom.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR directiondirection.N.SG .
  
849SEA(be)cause I've never read like any letter that anyone has ever written me so .
  becausebecause.CONJ I'veI.PRON.SUB.1S+HAVE.V.PRES nevernever.ADV readread.SV.INFIN likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN anyany.ADJ letterletter.N.SG thatthat.CONJ anyoneanyone.PRON hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES everever.ADV writtenwritten.SV.INFIN meme.PRON.OBJ.1S soso.ADV .
  
869SEA(be)cause I xxx +//.
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S .
  
871SEA&=mumbles (be)cause it's +...
  becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.OBJ.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES .
  
879ANT(be)cause if I find I'm on a certain page and I find them in a certain condition I leave it as it is so [?] .
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S findfind.V.1S.PRES I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES onon.PREP aa.DET.INDEF certaincertain.ADJ pagepage.N.SG andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S findfind.V.1S.PRES themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P inin.PREP aa.DET.INDEF certaincertain.ADJ conditioncondition.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S leaveleave.V.1S.PRES itit.PRON.SUB.3S asas.CONJ.[or].a.DET.INDEF+V 3S PRES itit.PRON.SUB.3S isis.V.3S.PRES soso.ADV .
  
923SEAbecause I want to give them no reason +...
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wantwant.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP givegive.V.INFIN themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P nono.ADV reasonreason.N.SG .
  
949SEA(be)cause like we +/.
  becausebecause.CONJ likelike.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P .
  
951SEA(be)cause if we don't include him then [/] then she's gonna start like taking it upon herself to include him .
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P don'tdo.V.12S13P.PRES+NEG includeinclude.V.INFIN himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S thenthen.ADV thenthen.ADV she'sshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP startstart.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ takingtake.V.PRESPART itit.PRON.OBJ.3S uponupon.PREP herselfherself.PRON.REFL.F.3S toto.PREP includeinclude.V.INFIN himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S .
  

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