| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [be] [verb] [prep] a [adj] time | 210 |
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| 2 | [be] [verb] [prep] a [adj] time | 185 |
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| 3 | [be] [verb] [prep] a long time | 95 |
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| 4 | [be] [verb] [prep] a long time | 90 |
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| 5 | [be] [verb] [prep] a short time | 24 |
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| 6 | [be] [verb] [prep] a short time | 20 |
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| 7 | [be] [verb] [prep] a [adj -er] time | 11 |
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| 8 | [be] [verb] [prep] a particular time | 10 |
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| 9 | [be] [verb] [prep] a [num ord] time | 10 |
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| 10 | [be] [verb] [prep] a particular time | 10 |
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| 11 | [be] [verb] [prep] a [noun] time | 8 |
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| 12 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain time | 7 |
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| 13 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain time | 7 |
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| 14 | [be] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] time | 7 |
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| 15 | [be] [verb] [prep] a considerable time | 6 |
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| 16 | [be] [verb] [prep] a considerable time | 6 |
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| 17 | [be] [verb] [prep] a second time | 6 |
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| 18 | [be] [verb] [prep] a second time | 6 |
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| 19 | [be] [verb] [prep] a specific time | 5 |
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| 20 | [be] [verb] [prep] a specific time | 5 |
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| 21 | [be] [verb] [prep] a given time | 5 |
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| 22 | [be] [verb] [prep] a reasonable time | 5 |
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| 23 | [be] [verb] [prep] a longer time | 5 |
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| 24 | [be] [verb] [prep] a reasonable time | 5 |
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| 25 | [be] [verb] [prep] a given time | 5 |
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| 26 | [noun] [be] [verb] [prep] a time | 66 |
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| 27 | [noun sg] [be] [verb] [prep] a time | 41 |
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| 28 | [pron] [be] [verb] [prep] a time | 27 |
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| 29 | [vb mod] [be] [verb] [prep] a time | 24 |
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| 30 | [modal v] [be] [verb] [prep] a time | 24 |
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