| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] [adv] [prep] a long [noun sg] | 212 |
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| 2 | [verb] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 205 |
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| 3 | [verb] [adv] for a long [noun] | 134 |
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| 4 | [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a long [noun] | 114 |
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| 5 | [verb] [adv] [prep] a long time | 108 |
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| 6 | [verb] [adv] [prep] a long time | 108 |
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| 7 | [verb] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 98 |
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| 8 | [vb past] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 68 |
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| 9 | [vb pp] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 61 |
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| 10 | [verb] on [prep] a long [noun] | 46 |
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| 11 | [verb] on [prep] a long [noun] | 46 |
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| 12 | go [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 43 |
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| 13 | [v-ing] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 30 |
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| 14 | [verb] [adv] [prep] a long period | 21 |
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| 15 | [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 21 |
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| 16 | [verb] [adv] [prep] a long period | 21 |
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| 17 | [verb] [adv] after a long [noun] | 20 |
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| 18 | [verb] up [prep] a long [noun] | 20 |
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| 19 | [verb] up [prep] a long [noun] | 20 |
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| 20 | [verb] out [prep] a long [noun] | 19 |
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| 21 | [verb] out [prep] a long [noun] | 19 |
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| 22 | [verb] there [prep] a long [noun] | 18 |
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| 23 | [verb] there [prep] a long [noun] | 18 |
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| 24 | come [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 16 |
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| 25 | went [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 16 |
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| 26 | [to-vb] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 14 |
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| 27 | [vb -s] [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 13 |
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| 28 | [verb] [adv] over a long [noun] | 12 |
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| 29 | go [adv] [prep] a long [noun] | 11 |
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| 30 | [verb] together [prep] a long [noun] | 11 |
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