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Instances of because for speaker IOL

6IOL(be)causeE dan ni (y)n medru gwneud nhw fa(n) (y)ma <i (y)r> [?] gennod ni .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN make.NONFINmake.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM herehere.ADV toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF girlsunk PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  cause we can make them here for our girls.
13IOLwedyn [///] (be)causeE o'n i (y)n deu(d) (wr)thi dw i (y)n teimlo mwy esmwyth yn (r)hein rei fi (y)n hun (fe)lly # +/ .
  thenafterwards.ADV becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN to.3SFto_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT feel.NONFINfeel.V.INFIN moremore.ADJ.COMP smoothsmooth.ADJ.[or].easing.ADJ inin.PREP thesethese.PRON somesome.PRON+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM POSS.1Sin.PREP selfself.PRON.SG thusso.ADV
  then.. . cause I was telling her I feel more comfortable in these, my own ones...
25IOL(be)causeE o'n i (y)n deu(d) (wr)th hi +"/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN toby.PREP PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  cause I was telling her:
48IOL(be)causeE oedd (y)na rei pobl (we)di cael ticed bore (y)ma gan eu gweld nhw rhoi pres i_fewn yn y peth .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV somesome.PREQ+SM peoplepeople.N.F.SG PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN ticketticket.N.F.SG morningmorning.N.M.SG herehere.ADV withwith.PREP POSS.3PLtheir.ADJ.POSS.3P see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P put.NONFINgive.V.INFIN moneymoney.N.M.SG inin.PREP inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG
  cause some people had got a ticket this morning, seeing them putting money in the thing.
92IOL(be)causeE wnes i ofyn i (y)r sisterE do ?
  becausebecause.CONJ do.1S.PASTdo.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN+SM toI.PRON.1S DETthe.DET.DEF sistersister.N.SG yesyes.ADV.PAST
  because I asked the sister [head nurse] , right?
127IOL(be)causeE (dy)dy o (ddi)m (we)di gweld BobCE ni ers talwm iawn yeahCE ?
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN Bobname PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P sincesince.PREP whilelong_time.N.M.SG veryOK.ADV yeahyeah.ADV
  because he hasn't seen our Bob for a very long time, yeah?
133IOL+" (be)causeE ei thwrn hi (y)dy ffonio fi rwan .
  becausebecause.CONJ POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S turnturn.N.M.SG+AM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES phone.NONFINphone.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM nownow.ADV
  "because it's her turn to phone me now."
293IOL(be)causeE bychan oedd o (y)n Tŷ_Menai .
  becausebecause.CONJ smallsmall.ADJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S inin.PREP Menai_Housename
  because he was small at Menai House.
300IOLyeahCE # mae (y)n drist ofnadwy hefyd chi (be)causeE oedd o (y)n deud nad (y)dy # GladysCE erioed (we)di cyfarfod ag HilaryCE de ?
  yeahyeah.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT sadsad.ADJ+SM awfulterrible.ADJ alsoalso.ADV know.2PLyou.PRON.2P becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN NEGwho_not.PRON.REL.NEG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES Gladysname evernever.ADV PRT.PASTafter.PREP meet.NONFINmeet.V.INFIN withwith.PREP Hilaryname TAGbe.IM+SM
  yes, it's terribly sad as well you know, because he was saying that Gladys's never met Hilary.
302IOLfasai (dd)im yn cofio HilaryCE # (be)causeE blwydd a hanner oedd hi pan farwodd ei mhamCE hi (y)lwch .
  be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF+SM NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN Hilaryname becausebecause.CONJ yearyear.N.F.SG andand.CONJ halfhalf.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S whenwhen.CONJ die.3S.PASTdie.V.3S.PAST+SM POSS.3SFhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S.[or].her.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].go.V.2S.PRES motherunk PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S see.2PL.NONPASTyou_know.IM
  she wouldn't remember Hilary, because she was one and a half when her mother died, see.
315IOL+, pan farwodd hi (be)causeE o'n i (y)n deu(d) (wr)tho fo oedd FreddieCE (y)n hanner cant wsnos dwytha (fe)lly .
  whenwhen.CONJ die.3S.PASTdie.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Freddiename PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP halfhalf.N.M.SG hundredhundred.N.M.SG weekweek.N.F.SG previouslast.ADJ thusso.ADV
  ...when she died, cause I was telling him Freddie was 50 last week.
318IOLwellCE ydy mae rhaid bod o (y)ma (be)causeE fydd GladysCE yn pump_deg_dau yr ha(f) (y)ma .
  wellwell.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES necessitynecessity.N.M.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMfrom.PREP herehere.ADV becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.FUTbe.V.3S.FUT+SM Gladysname PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP fifty_twounk DETthe.DET.DEF summersummer.N.M.SG herehere.ADV
  well, yes, he must be, because Gladys will be 52 this summer.
327IOL(be)causeE doedd o ddim yn pen HughCE nac oedd fath â fi yn KyffinCE ?
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP headhead.N.M.SG Hughname NEGPRT.NEG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM inin.PREP Kyffinname
  cause he wasn't Hugh's boss, was he, like I was at Kyffin?
333IOL(be)causeE hanner brawd ydy IanCE te i FreddieCE ac i # GladysCE a (r)heina (fe)lly ?
  becausebecause.CONJ halfhalf.N.M.SG brotherbrother.N.M.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES Ianname thentea.N.M.SG toto.PREP Freddiename andand.CONJ toto.PREP Gladysname andand.CONJ thosethose.PRON thusso.ADV
  because Ian is a half brother, right, to Freddie and Gladys and them.
390IOL(be)causeE erCE fedrai neb wneud dim_byd efo nhw de .
  becausebecause.CONJ IMer.IM can.3S.NONPASTbe_able.V.3S.IMPERF+SM nobodyanyone.PRON do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM nothingnothing.ADV withwith.PREP PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P TAGbe.IM+SM
  cause nobody can do anything with them.
463IOL(be)causeE erCE mae raid mewn y jungleCE maen nhw (y)n byw yeahCE ?
  becausebecause.CONJ IMer.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES necessitynecessity.N.M.SG+SM inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF junglejungle.N.SG be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN yeahyeah.ADV
  because it must be in the jungle that they live, yeah?
503IOL(be)causeE vegetariansE ydyn nhw de ?
  becausebecause.CONJ vegetariansvegetarian.N.PL be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P TAGbe.IM+SM
  because they're vegetarians, right?
688IOL(be)causeE dw i cofio pan ddes i fyny efo # GriffCE GriffithsCE yn yr hen Morris_MinorCE bach (yn)a # ar yr M_OneE .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN whenwhen.CONJ come.1S.PASTcome.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S upup.ADV withwith.PREP Griffname Griffithsname inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF oldold.ADJ Morris_minorname littlesmall.ADJ therethere.ADV onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF M1name
  because I remember when I came up with Griff Griffiths in that little old Morris Minor, on the M1 .
692IOL(be)causeE oedd (y)na (ddi)m ceir allan yna !
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV NEGnot.ADV+SM carscars.N.M.PL.[or].get.V.0.PRES outout.ADV therethere.ADV
  because there were no cars out there.
722IOL(be)causeE mae gân bach rightCE &h erCE dda hwylus xxx feddwl ?
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES songsong.N.F.SG+SM littlesmall.ADJ rightright.ADJ IMer.IM goodgood.ADJ+SM handyconvenient.ADJ think.V.INFIN+SM
  because it's a really good, handy song, [know what I] mean?
750IOL(be)causeE [///] ac ydw i cofio efo &deiva dafad ar yn nwylo ac rwbio (y)r ## saim ar y dafad a ei gladdu o .
  becausebecause.CONJ andand.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN withwith.PREP wartsheep.N.F.SG onon.PREP POSS.1Sin.PREP handshands.N.F.PL+NM andand.CONJ rub.NONFINrub.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF greasefat.N.M.SG onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF wartsheep.N.F.SG andand.CONJ POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S bury.NONFINbury.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  because.. . and I remember having a wart on my hands, and rubbing the grease onto the wart, and burying it.
809IOL(be)cause +.. .
  because.CONJ
  
921IOLoherwydd maen nhw (y)n deud umCE (dy)dy o (ddi)m da i (di)m_byd dysgu (di)m_byd fel parrotCE (be)causeE (dy)dyn nhw (ddi)m gwybod be mae (y)r peth yn feddwl # pan maen nhw (y)n dysgu rywbeth fel parrotCE .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN IMum.IM be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM goodbe.IM+SM forto.PREP nothingnothing.ADV learn.NONFINteach.V.INFIN nothingnothing.ADV likelike.CONJ parrotparrot.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ be.3PL.PRES.NEGbe.V.3P.PRES.NEG PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P NEGnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.M.SG PRTPRT mean.NONFINthink.V.INFIN+SM whenwhen.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT learn.NONFINteach.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM likelike.CONJ parrotparrot.N.SG
  because they say it's pointless learning anything parrot-fashion because they don't know what it means, when they learn something parrot-fashion.

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