No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | be [verb] for a long time | 89 | |
2 | be [v-ing] for a long [noun sg] | 40 | |
3 | be [v-ing] for a long [noun] | 40 | |
4 | be [v-ing] for a [adj] time | 37 | |
5 | be [v-ing] [prep] a long time | 34 | |
6 | be [v-ing] [prep] a long time | 34 | |
7 | be [v-ing] for a long time | 31 | |
8 | be [v-ing] for [art] long time | 31 | |
9 | be [v-ing] for [art] long time | 31 | |
10 | be [v-ing] for a long time | 31 | |
11 | [be] [v-ing] for a long time | 31 | |
12 | be [v-ing] for a long time | 31 |