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Instances of because

273IRWyeahCE (be)causeE <oedd o> [/] oedd o nôl yn Theatr_GwyneddCE # nos Sadwrn oedd ?
  yeahyeah.ADV becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S backfetch.V.INFIN inin.PREP Theatr_Gwyneddname nightnight.N.F.SG SaturdaySaturday.N.M.SG be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF
  yeah, because it was...it was back in Theatr Gwynedd on Saturday night, was it?
640IRWydy xx (be)causeE # eith hi +// .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ go.3S.NONPASTgo.V.ES.PRES PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S
  yes [...] because she'll go...
1092IRW(be)causeE mae nhw deud mae [/] mae pysgodyn yn tyfu i [/] # i +/ .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES fishfish.N.M.SG PRTPRT grow.NONFINgrow.V.INFIN toto.PREP toto.PREP
  because they say a fish grows to...to...
1148IRW(be)causeE # timod os ti medru sortio (ry)wbeth allan fath â ti ddeud am # wsnos bythefnos # wellCE (dy)na fo fydd gyn ti fis arall wedyn does .
  becausebecause.CONJ know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES ifif.CONJ PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN sort.NONFINsort.V.INFIN somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM outout.ADV kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN+SM forfor.PREP weekweek.N.F.SG two_weeksfortnight.N.MF.SG+SM wellwell.ADV therethat_is.ADV PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.FUTbe.V.3S.FUT+SM withwith.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S monthmonth.N.M.SG+SM otherother.ADJ thenafterwards.ADV be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.INDEF.NEG
  because, you know, if you can sort something out, as you say, for a week or two weeks, well, that's it, you have another month, then, haven't you
1278IRW(be)causeE <os (ba)sa> [?] chdi mynd i (y)r # dw (ddi)m (gwy)bod pa levelCE oedd o levelCE chwech dw meddwl wedyn o chdi syth allan i (y)r shopCE doeddet .
  becausebecause.CONJ ifif.CONJ be.2S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP DETthat.PRON.REL be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whichwhich.ADJ levellevel.ADJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S levellevel.ADJ sixsix.NUM be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN thenafterwards.ADV be.2S.IMPof.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S straightstraight.ADJ outout.ADV toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF shopshop.N.SG be.2S.IMP.NEGbe.V.2S.IMPERF.NEG
  because if you went to the, I don't know what level it was, level six I think, then you were straight out to the shop, weren't you

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