| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | the [noun] [pron] had been [v-ing] | 229 |
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| 2 | [art] [noun sg] [pron] had been [v-ing] | 224 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun] [pers pn] had been [v-ing] | 188 |
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| 4 | [art] [noun] he had been [v-ing] | 72 |
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| 5 | [art] [noun] he had been [v-ing] | 72 |
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| 6 | [art] [noun] who had been [v-ing] | 52 |
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| 7 | [art] [noun] [Wh pn] had been [v-ing] | 52 |
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| 8 | [art] [noun] who had been [v-ing] | 52 |
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| 9 | [art] [noun] she had been [v-ing] | 49 |
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| 10 | [art] [noun] she had been [v-ing] | 49 |
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| 11 | [art] [noun pl] [pron] had been [v-ing] | 47 |
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| 12 | a [noun] [pron] had been [v-ing] | 46 |
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| 13 | [art] [noun] which had been [v-ing] | 31 |
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| 14 | [art] [noun] [Wh det] had been [v-ing] | 31 |
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| 15 | [art] [noun] which had been [v-ing] | 31 |
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| 16 | [art] [noun] i had been [v-ing] | 29 |
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| 17 | [art] [noun] i had been [v-ing] | 29 |
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| 18 | [art] [noun] they had been [v-ing] | 26 |
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| 19 | [art] [noun] they had been [v-ing] | 26 |
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| 20 | [art] [noun] [pron] had been waiting | 16 |
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| 21 | [art] man [pron] had been [v-ing] | 15 |
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| 22 | [art] man [pron] had been [v-ing] | 14 |
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| 23 | [art] [noun] [pron] had been working | 12 |
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| 24 | [art] question [pron] had been [v-ing] | 9 |
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| 25 | [art] [noun] [pron] had been looking | 9 |
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| 26 | [art] [noun] [pron] had been sitting | 9 |
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| 27 | [art] [noun] [pron] had been trying | 9 |
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| 28 | [art] question [pron] had been [v-ing] | 8 |
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| 29 | [art] [noun] [pron] had been reading | 8 |
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| 30 | [art] [noun] it had been [v-ing] | 8 |
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