| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | be [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 471 |
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| 2 | [be] [v-ing] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] | 454 |
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| 3 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 373 |
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| 4 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] | 360 |
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| 5 | [am/are] [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 159 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 142 |
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| 7 | [is] [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 132 |
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| 8 | [be] going [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 130 |
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| 9 | is [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 102 |
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| 10 | [be] trying [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 99 |
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| 11 | was [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 97 |
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| 12 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] | 93 |
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| 13 | are [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 89 |
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| 14 | were [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 45 |
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| 15 | 're [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 36 |
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| 16 | [be] beginning [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 32 |
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| 17 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the [num ord] [noun] | 31 |
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| 18 | 's [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 30 |
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| 19 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the [det] [noun] | 30 |
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| 20 | 'm [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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| 21 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the same [noun] | 28 |
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| 22 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the same [noun] | 28 |
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| 23 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the [adj -est] [noun] | 22 |
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| 24 | [be] planning [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 20 |
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| 25 | been [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 19 |
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| 26 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 19 |
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| 27 | be [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 19 |
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| 28 | [been] [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 19 |
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| 29 | [be] attempting [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 17 |
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| 30 | [be] [v-ing] [verb] the whole [noun] | 16 |
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