| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | be [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 167 |
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| 2 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun sg] | 164 |
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| 3 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 146 |
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| 4 | [be] [vb pp] for a long [noun] | 69 |
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| 5 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a long time | 60 |
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| 6 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a long time | 60 |
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| 7 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 53 |
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| 8 | be [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 53 |
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| 9 | [been] [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 41 |
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| 10 | been [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 41 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 38 |
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| 12 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a long period | 34 |
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| 13 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a long period | 34 |
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| 14 | was [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 31 |
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| 15 | [be] [vb pp] over a long [noun] | 25 |
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| 16 | [be] [vb pp] by a long [noun] | 22 |
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| 17 | [is] [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 21 |
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| 18 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a longer [noun] | 21 |
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| 19 | is [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 20 |
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| 20 | [be] [vb pp] in a long [noun] | 11 |
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| 21 | [be] [vb pp] on a long [noun] | 11 |
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| 22 | are [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 10 |
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| 23 | [am/are] [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 10 |
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| 24 | [be] known [prep] a long [noun] | 8 |
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| 25 | [be] kept [prep] a long [noun] | 7 |
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| 26 | were [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun] | 7 |
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| 27 | [be] [vb pp] from a long [noun] | 6 |
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| 28 | [be] [vb pp] with a long [noun] | 6 |
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| 29 | [be] [vb pp] to a long [noun] | 5 |
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| 30 | [be] spread [prep] a long [noun] | 5 |
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