SIARAD - Fusser19
Instances of because

290OLW(be)causeE mae passiveE smokingE +.. .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES passivepassive.ADJ smokingsmoke.SV.INFIN+ASV
  because passive smoking is ...
296OLW(be)causeE (dy)dy o (ddi)m fath â eiste(dd) (y)na a rywun arall yn ysmygu a mwg a fumesE +/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ sit.NONFINsit.V.INFIN therethere.ADV andand.CONJ someonesomeone.N.M.SG+SM elseother.ADJ PRTPRT smoke.NONFINsmoke.V.INFIN andand.CONJ smokesmoke.N.M.SG andand.CONJ fumesfume.V.INFIN+PV
  because it's not like sitting there and someone else smoking and smoke and fumes ...
323OLW(be)causeE mae o [//] passiveE smokingE yn lladd bobl .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S passivepassive.ADJ smokingsmoke.SV.INFIN+ASV PRTPRT kill.NONFINkill.V.INFIN peoplepeople.N.F.SG+SM
  because passive smoking kills people.
373OLW(be)causeE mae [/] mae smocio (y)n gallu effeithio (y)r babi hefyd .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES smoke.NONFINsmoke.V.INFIN PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN affect.NONFINeffect.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF babybaby.N.MF.SG alsoalso.ADV
  because smoking can affect the baby as well.
459OLWwellCE o'n i (y)n dadlau xxx [=! laugh] <becauseE xx do'n> [?] i ddim .
  wellwell.ADV be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT argue.NONFINargue.V.INFIN becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.IMP.NEGbe.V.1S.IMPERF.NEG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM
  well I was arguing [...] because [..] I wasn't.
535OLW+< oes (be)causeE wyt ti (y)n dadlau efo fi fod yr [=! laugh] [/] yr un alcoholCE mwy [/] mwy +.. .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF becausebecause.CONJ be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT argue.NONFINargue.V.INFIN withwith.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF DETthe.DET.DEF oneone.NUM alcoholalcohol.N.SG moremore.ADJ.COMP moremore.ADJ.COMP
  yes, because you're arguing with me that the alcohol one is more ...
630OLW(be)causeE (dy)dach chi (ddi)m yn saff be ydach chi (y)n # ddeud yn_ôl .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.2PL.PRES.NEGunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT safesafe.ADJ whatwhat.INT be.2PLbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM backback.ADV
  because you're not sure what you're saying back.
657OLW(be)causeE fydd rhywun yn ffindio allan bod nhw wedi deud rywbeth anghywir .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.FUTbe.V.3S.FUT+SM someonesomeone.N.M.SG PRTPRT find.NONFINfind.V.INFIN outout.ADV be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRT.PASTafter.PREP say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM wrongincorrect.ADJ
  because someone will find out that they've said something wrong.
659OLW(be)causeE humanE beingsE ydan ni gyd .
  becausebecause.CONJ humanhuman.ADJ beingsunk be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P alljoint.ADJ+SM
  because we're all human beings.
683OLWbecauseE os (ba)sach chi (ddi)m yn gwybod <be sy (y)n digwydd yn y> [/] be sy (y)n digwydd yn y byd de # waeth i chi fod yn &me [//] yn byw yn IcelandE neu mewn ryw iglooCE yn rywle # lle does (y)na neb arall o_gwmpas a dach chi ar eich hun .
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ be.2PL.CONDITshallow.ADJ.COMP PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF worldworld.N.M.SG TAGbe.IM+SM worseworse.ADJ.COMP+SM toto.PREP PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN inin.PREP Icelandname oror.CONJ inin.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM iglooigloo.N.SG inin.PREP somewheresomewhere.N.M.SG+SM wherewhere.INT be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.NEG therethere.ADV nobodyanyone.PRON otherother.ADJ aroundaround.ADV andand.CONJ be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P onon.PREP POSS.2PLyour.ADJ.POSS.2P selfself.PRON.SG
  because if you didn't know what happens in the world, right, you might as well live in Iceland or in some igloo somewhere where there's nobody else around and you're on your own.
696OLW(be)causeE (ba)sach chi (ddi)m yn gwybod be sy (y)n digwydd yn y byd .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.2PL.CONDITshallow.ADJ.COMP PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF worldworld.N.M.SG
  because you wouldn't know what's happening in the world.
901OLWbecauseE # wyt ti obviouslyE # erCE yn ## stubbornE erCE <efo dy farn> [=! laugh] am bod dan ni (ddi)m isio newyddion .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.2S.PRESbe.V.2S.PRES PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S obviouslyobvious.ADJ+ADV IMer.IM PRTPRT stubbornstubborn.ADJ IMer.IM withwith.PREP POSS.2Syour.ADJ.POSS.2S opinionopinion.N.F.SG+SM aboutfor.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P NEGnot.ADV+SM wantwant.N.M.SG newsnews.N.M.PL
  because you're obviously stubborn with your opinions that we don't want news.
907OLWos ti (ddi)m yn gwylio (y)r teledu a # ti (ddi)m yn gael y newsCE er_mwyn newyddion ti (ddi)m isio darllen papurau newydd (be)causeE ti (y)n cael newyddion trwy (y)r papurau newydd # be fasa chdi (y)n sôn amdan ?
  ifif.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT watch.NONFINwatch.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF televisiontelevision.N.M.SG andand.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF newsnew.ADJ+PL.[or].news.N.SG forfor_the_sake_of.PREP newsnews.N.M.PL PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM wantwant.N.M.SG read.NONFINread.V.INFIN paperspapers.N.M.PL newsnew.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN newsnews.N.M.PL throughthrough.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF paperspapers.N.M.PL newsnew.ADJ whatwhat.INT be.2S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF+SM PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P
  if you don't watch television and you don't have the [TV] news for news, you don't want to read newspapers because you get news through the newspapers, what would you talk about?

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