MIAMI - Herring17
Instances of because

21IRI<I wanna> [/] I wanna do more natural things because I really +//.
  II.PRON.SUB.1S wannawant.V.1S.PRES+TO.PREP II.PRON.SUB.1S wannawant.V.1S.PRES+TO.PREP dodo.V.INFIN moremore.ADV naturalnatural.ADJ thingsthing.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S reallyreal.ADJ+ADV .
  
41IRI+< yeah it's genetic because my mom +...
  yeahyeah.ADV it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES geneticgenetic.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mommom.N.SG .
  
82JAM+< I was going to say StarbucksSE ehSE Barnes_and_NobleSE because +//.
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST goinggo.V.PRESPART toto.PREP saysay.V.INFIN Starbucksname eheh.IM Barnes_and_Noblename becausebecause.CONJ .
  
324JAMI [/] I [/] I don't want to talk about that because we already talked about that .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG wantwant.V.INFIN toto.PREP talktalk.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P alreadyalready.ADV talkedtalk.V.PASTPART aboutabout.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
349JAM+" so I need you to be close to me and talk to me and stuff like that for me not to think about what I am doing and feel and imagine what I'm doing because +/.
  soso.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S needneed.V.1S.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN closeclose.V.INFIN toto.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S andand.CONJ talktalk.V.INFIN toto.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S andand.CONJ stuffstuff.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR forfor.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S notnot.ADV toto.PREP thinkthink.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP whatwhat.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S amam.V.1S.PRES doingdo.V.PRESPART andand.CONJ feelfeel.V.INFIN andand.CONJ imagineimagine.V.INFIN whatwhat.REL I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES doingdo.V.PRESPART becausebecause.CONJ .
  
383JAMbecause I told him I [/] I [/] I could faint .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND faintfaint.ADJ .
  
389JAMif I'm doing this xxx for you because I do not like it and I know that I could faint .
  ifif.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES doingdo.V.PRESPART thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG forfor.PREP youyou.PRON.OBJ.2SP becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S dodo.V.1S.PRES notnot.ADV likelike.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES thatthat.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND faintfaint.ADJ .
  
392JAMI'm doing it because I want to be nice and maybe help a child or something like that .
  I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES doingdo.V.PRESPART itit.PRON.OBJ.3S becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wantwant.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN nicenice.ADJ andand.CONJ maybemaybe.ADV helphelp.SV.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF childchild.N.SG oror.CONJ somethingsomething.PRON likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
408IRI(be)cause I was like freaking out about the pain .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ freakingfreak.V.PRESPART outout.ADV aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF painpain.N.SG .
  
457IRIbut I was this close to fainting because I threw up +//.
  butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG closeclose.SV.INFIN toto.PREP faintingfaint.ADJ+ASV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S threwthrew.V.1S.PRES upup.ADV .
  
468JAMbecause I have been in your +/.
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S havehave.V.1S.PRES beenbeen.V.PASTPART inin.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP .
  
575IRIbecause (.) the baby's supposed to be inside the wo(man) [?] +/.
  becausebecause.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF baby'sbaby.N.SG+GB supposedsuppose.V.PAST toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN insideinside.N.SG thethe.DET.DEF womanwoman.N.SG .
  
634IRI(be)cause meS gustaS elS dulceS .
  becausebecause.CONJ meme.PRON.OBL.MF.1S gustalike.V.3S.PRES elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG dulcesweet.ADJ.M.SG .
  because I like sweets.
638IRIno that's just me (be)cause I bought it yesterday .
  nono.ADV that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV meme.PRON.OBJ.1S becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S boughtbought.V.PAST itit.PRON.INDIR.3S yesterdayyesterday.N.SG .
  
1029JAMbecause I [/] I [/] &k I might love someone +/.
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S mightmight.V.1S.PRES lovelove.V.INFIN someonesomeone.PRON .
  
1036IRIbecause +/.
  becausebecause.CONJ .
  

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