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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[vb past] earlier	1705
2	[vb pp] earlier	1351
3	have earlier	441
4	had earlier	418
5	mention earlier	339
6	say earlier	290
7	mentioned earlier	213
8	said earlier	205
9	discuss earlier	156
10	describe earlier	150
11	see earlier	134
12	described earlier	130
13	note earlier	125
14	mentioned earlier	122
15	[v-ing] earlier	116
16	discussed earlier	92
17	saw earlier	89
18	noted earlier	82
19	[vb base] earlier	81
20	make earlier	79
21	[to-vb] earlier	58
22	discussed earlier	56
23	made earlier	50
24	said earlier	47
25	suggest earlier	45
26	noted earlier	43
27	[vb infin] earlier	40
28	outline earlier	40
29	give earlier	38
30	do earlier	38