| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | be [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 72 |
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| 2 | [be] [adj] [prep] a long [noun sg] | 72 |
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| 3 | [be] [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 70 |
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| 4 | [be] [adj] for a long [noun] | 58 |
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| 5 | [be] [adj] [prep] a long time | 48 |
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| 6 | [be] [adj] [prep] a long time | 48 |
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| 7 | [been] [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 32 |
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| 8 | been [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 32 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 21 |
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| 10 | was [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 16 |
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| 11 | [be] silent [prep] a long [noun] | 11 |
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| 12 | [be] [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 9 |
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| 13 | be [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 9 |
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| 14 | [be] ill [prep] a long [noun] | 8 |
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| 15 | is [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 6 |
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| 16 | [is] [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 6 |
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| 17 | [be] [adj] [prep] a long period | 5 |
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| 18 | [be] [adj] [prep] a long period | 5 |
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| 19 | [be] unemployed [prep] a long [noun] | 5 |
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| 20 | [be] dead [prep] a long [noun] | 5 |
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| 21 | were [adj] [prep] a long [noun] | 5 |
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