No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | be [verb] for a long time | 85 | |
2 | [be] [verb] for a long time | 85 | |
3 | was [verb] for a [adj] time | 12 | |
4 | [was/were] [verb] for a long time | 9 | |
5 | was [verb] for a long [noun] | 8 | |
6 | was [verb] for a long [noun sg] | 8 | |
7 | was [verb] for a [adj] time | 7 | |
8 | was [verb] for a long time | 5 | |
9 | was [verb] for [art] long time | 5 | |
10 | was [verb] for a long time | 5 | |
11 | was [verb] for a long time | 5 | |
12 | was [verb] [prep] a long time | 5 | |
13 | was [verb] [prep] a long time | 5 |