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Instances of because

105AED(be)causeE dw i (ddi)m yn dallt digon ar geir .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN enoughenough.QUAN onon.PREP carscars.N.M.PL+SM.[or].get.V.0.PRES+SM
  because I don't understand cars enough
128AED(be)causeE mae BrickhouseCE [?] (y)na le mawr dydy .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES Brickhousename therethere.ADV placeplace.N.M.SG+SM bigbig.ADJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG
  because that Brickhouse is a big place, isn't it
160AEDia (be)causeE ceir o'n i weld yn [/] yn y [=? erCE] BrickhouseCE (y)na # oedden nhw (y)n geir fleetE carsCE ac ati de ryw mileageE bychan newid nhw bob dwy flynedd de .
  yesyes.ADV becausebecause.CONJ carscars.N.M.PL.[or].get.V.0.PRES be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM inPRT.[or].in.PREP inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF Brickhousename therethere.ADV be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT carscars.N.M.PL+SM.[or].get.V.0.PRES+SM fleetfleet.N.SG carscar.N.SG+PL andand.CONJ so_onto_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S TAGbe.IM+SM somesome.PREQ+SM mileagemileage.N.SG smallsmall.ADJ change.NONFINchange.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P everyeach.PREQ+SM two.Ftwo.NUM.F yearyears.N.F.PL+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  yes, because, the cars I saw at...at that Brickhouse, they were fleet cars and so on, you know, a small mileage, change them every two years, you know
393AED+" (be)causeE dyna be (y)dy fookCE valueE o .
  becausebecause.CONJ therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES bookbook.N.SG+SM valuevalue.N.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP
  "because that's what its book value is"
421AED(be)causeE dw i (ddi)m yn dallt nac (y)dw .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN NEGPRT.NEG be.3S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES
  because I don't understand, do I
863AED(be)causeE # pan fydda i mynd i [?] roundCE ysgolion (y)ma siarad efo # pobl ifanc sy ar fin # erCE ymddeol erCE ymddeol ["] me(ddai) fi ymadael (y)r ysgol mewn ffordd de +/ .
  becuasebecause.CONJ whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP roundround.ADJ schoolsschools.N.F.PL herehere.ADV speak.NONFINtalk.V.INFIN withwith.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG youngyoung.ADJ be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL onon.PREP edgebin.N.M.SG+SM IMer.IM retire.NONFINretire.V.INFIN IMer.IM retireretire.V.INFIN say.1S.NONPASTsay.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM leave.NONFINdepart.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF schoolschool.N.F.SG inin.PREP wayway.N.F.SG TAGbe.IM+SM
  because when I go round these schools talking to young people who are about to, er, retire, er, retire, I say, leave school in a way, isn't it
1128AED(be)causeE erCE &dÉ™ xxx yn deud straeon (wr)tha fi de <pan o'n i> [//] erCE pan oedd o hefo ni (y)n CilfodanCE de +/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ IMer.IM PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN storiesstories.N.F.PL to.1Sto_me.PREP+PRON.1S PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM TAGbe.IM+SM whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S IMer.IM whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S withwith.PREP+H PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P inin.PREP Cilfodanname TAGbe.IM+SM
  because er, [...] telling me stories, you know, when I was...er, when he was with us in Cilfodan, you know...

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