| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] a long time | 731 |
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| 2 | [verb] [art] long time | 731 |
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| 3 | [verb] a long time | 731 |
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| 4 | take [art] long time | 377 |
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| 5 | [vb past] [art] long time | 234 |
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| 6 | [vb infin] [art] long time | 122 |
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| 7 | [vb pp] [art] long time | 116 |
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| 8 | took [art] long time | 106 |
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| 9 | [vb -s] [art] long time | 96 |
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| 10 | take [art] long time | 96 |
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| 11 | takes [art] long time | 71 |
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| 12 | wait [art] long time | 70 |
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| 13 | spend [art] long time | 61 |
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| 14 | [v-ing] [art] long time | 59 |
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| 15 | [vb base] [art] long time | 52 |
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| 16 | [to-vb] [art] long time | 52 |
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| 17 | spent [art] long time | 37 |
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| 18 | seem [art] long time | 34 |
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| 19 | taking [art] long time | 33 |
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| 20 | take [art] long time | 32 |
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| 21 | taken [art] long time | 26 |
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| 22 | last [art] long time | 25 |
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| 23 | to wait [art] long time | 21 |
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| 24 | seemed [art] long time | 19 |
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| 25 | waited [art] long time | 17 |
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| 26 | happen [art] long time | 15 |
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| 27 | to take [art] long time | 13 |
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| 28 | have [art] long time | 13 |
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| 29 | waiting [art] long time | 13 |
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| 30 | waited [art] long time | 12 |
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