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Instances of because

23SAL(be)causeE dw i deud xxx gallu dod drosodd rywbryd .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN overover.ADV+SM sometimeat_some_stage.ADV+SM
  because I've said [...] can come over some time
106SAL&am [//] (be)causeE mae (y)n readingE weekE hefyd dw (ddi)m efo lecturesCE .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT readingread.V.PRESPART weekweek.N.SG alsoalso.ADV be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM withwith.PREP lecturesunk
  because it's reading week too, I haven't got lectures
140SAL(be)causeE wnes i (ddi)m wneud dim pacio cyn y diwrnod .
  becausebecause.CONJ do.1S.pastdo.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM NEGnot.ADV pack.NONFINpack.V.INFIN beforebefore.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF dayday.N.M.SG
  because I didn't do any packing before the day
292SAL(be)causeE wnaeth hi ddeud umCE # erCE # ohCE (y)r boyCE (y)ma nabod BradCE <wnaeth hi> [/] wnaeth hi &gi [//] gael e_mailE gynno fo (y)n deud ohCE mae o (y)n engagedE .
  becausebecause.CONJ do.3S.pastdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM IMum.IM IMer.IM IMoh.IM DETthe.DET.DEF boyboy.N.SG herehere.ADV know.NONFINknow_someone.V.INFIN Bradname do.3S.pastdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S do.3S.pastdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM e_mailunk from.3SMwith_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN IMoh.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT engagedengage.V.PASTPART
  because she said, um, er, oh, this guy that knows Brad, she got an e-mail from him saying that he's engaged
402SALfel # (be)causeE os dw i cadw o (y)n y magCE i dw i (y)n anghofio amdano fo xx # xxx .
  likelike.CONJ becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S keep.NONFINkeep.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S inin.PREP POSS.1Sthe.DET.DEF bagmag.N.SG PRON.1Sto.PREP be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT forget.NONFINforget.V.INFIN about.3SMfor_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  like, because if I keep it in my bag I forget about it [...]
419SAL(be)causeE xx <oedd (y)na umCE> [?] # rywbeth ar radioCE fel ohCE dros yr ha oedd hwn am [/] am digitalE camerasCE yn [=? a] deud ohCE umCE # tua # dau gant (ry)wbeth fel (yn)a # tri chant am un reasonableE .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV IMum.IM somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM onon.PREP radioradio.N.SG likelike.CONJ IMoh.IM overover.PREP+SM DETthe.DET.DEF summersummer.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF thisthis.PRON.DEM.M.SG aboutfor.PREP aboutfor.PREP digitaldigital.ADJ camerascamera.N.SG+PL PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN IMoh.IM IMum.IM approximatelytowards.PREP two.Mtwo.NUM.M hundredhundred.N.M.SG+SM somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV three.Mthree.NUM.M hundredhundred.N.M.SG+AM forfor.PREP oneone.NUM reasonablereason.N.SG+A.POT.[or].reasonable.ADJ
  because [...] there was, um, something on the radio, like oh this was over the summer, about...about digital cameras, saying, oh um, about two hundred, something like that, three hundred for a reasonable one
560SAL(be)causeE <mae (y)n &mɛ> [//] ohCE mae actuallyE [?] meddwl am # mynd mewn i (y)r fflatiau (y)na .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTin.PREP.[or].PRT IMoh.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN inin.PREP toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF flatsflats.N.F.PL therethere.ADV
  because she's...oh she's actually thinking of going into those flats
567SAL(be)causeE mae (y)na grewCE ohonyn nhw .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES therethere.ADV crewgrew.SV.INFIN.[or].crew.N.SG+SM of.3PLfrom_them.PREP+PRON.3P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  because there's a group of them
610SAL(be)causeE o(edd) fi justCE xxx fel bod o (we)di fel # dw (ddi)m (gwy)bod methu ryw flwyddyn ac yn ail_wneud o xxx .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM justjust.ADV likelike.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP likelike.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN fail.NONFINfail.V.INFIN somesome.PREQ+SM yearyear.N.F.SG+SM andand.CONJ PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP re_do.NONFINunk PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP
  because I just [...] like he'd, like, I don't know, fail some year and was doing it again [...]
661SALxxx [//] # <ie (be)cause@s:eng> [//] # xxx fel ti (y)n deud ti mynd lawr am de nag wyt .
  yesyes.ADV becausebecause.CONJ likelike.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN fowndown.ADV forfor.PREP teabe.IM+SM NEGthan.CONJ be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES
  [...] yes because.. . [...] as you say you [don't] go down for tea, do you
672SAL(be)causeE mae (we)di cael &dɪ +// .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN
  because she's had...
700SAL<xx (be)causeE o (y)r un> [//] # erCE wellCE <un o> [///] un # erCE # fel issueCE ydy o xx .
  becausebecause.CONJ ofof.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM IMer.IM wellwell.ADV oneone.NUM ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP oneone.NUM IMer.IM likelike.CONJ issueissue.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  [...] because of one...er, well one...er, it's one, like, issue [...]
874SAL(be)causeE dw mond (we)di bod (y)na dwy waith xxx .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES onlybond.N.M.SG+NM PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN therethere.ADV two.Ftwo.NUM.F timetime.N.F.SG+SM
  because I've only been there twice
881SAL(be)causeE ti (gwy)bod [?] ti gallu sgwennu fel &r am requestsE a stuffCE xx .
  becausebecause.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN writewrite.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ forfor.PREP requestsrequest.SV.INFIN+PV andand.CONJ stuffstuff.SV.INFIN
  because you know you can write, like, for requests and stuff
1073SALohCE GodE umCE [?] # yeahCE (be)causeE wnaeth rywun umCE # setio fo ffwrdd do .
  IMoh.IM Godname IMum.IM yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ do.3S.pastdo.V.3S.PAST+SM somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM IMum.IM set.NONFINunk PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S offway.N.M.SG yesyes.ADV.PAST
  oh God um, yeah, because somebody, um, set it off, didn't they
1424SALdw [//] a dw (ddi)m meddwl (be)causeE +// .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES andand.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ
  I...and I don't think because...
1425SAL(be)causeE (dy)dy (e)rioed (we)di aros yma (dy)dy (ddi)m yn gwybod be mae methu .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG nevernever.ADV PRT.PASTafter.PREP stay.NONFINwait.V.INFIN herehere.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES miss.NONFINfail.V.INFIN
  because she's never stayed her she doesn't know what she's missing
1540SAL(be)causeE mae wrth <yr erCE> [/] y dŵr andE allE thatE .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES byby.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF IMer.IM DETthe.DET.DEF waterwater.N.M.SG andand.CONJ allall.ADJ thatthat.DEM.FAR
  because it's by the er...the water and all that

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