| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] [v-ing] a [noun sg] | 1892 |
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| 2 | [verb] [v-ing] a [noun] | 1777 |
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| 3 | [vb past] [v-ing] a [noun] | 454 |
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| 4 | [vb pp] [v-ing] a [noun] | 414 |
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| 5 | [vb base] [v-ing] a [noun] | 330 |
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| 6 | [vb infin] [v-ing] a [noun] | 312 |
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| 7 | [verb] using a [noun] | 240 |
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| 8 | [vb -s] [v-ing] a [noun] | 221 |
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| 9 | [verb] [v-ing] an [noun] | 213 |
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| 10 | [to-vb] [v-ing] a [noun] | 193 |
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| 11 | start [v-ing] a [noun] | 135 |
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| 12 | consider [v-ing] a [noun] | 124 |
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| 13 | [verb] having a [noun] | 123 |
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| 14 | involve [v-ing] a [noun] | 106 |
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| 15 | [verb] making a [noun] | 95 |
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| 16 | try [v-ing] a [noun] | 84 |
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| 17 | mean [v-ing] a [noun] | 82 |
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| 18 | [v-ing] [v-ing] a [noun] | 66 |
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| 19 | avoid [v-ing] a [noun] | 66 |
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| 20 | involves [v-ing] a [noun] | 66 |
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| 21 | [verb] taking a [noun] | 64 |
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| 22 | remember [v-ing] a [noun] | 61 |
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| 23 | begin [v-ing] a [noun] | 53 |
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| 24 | started [v-ing] a [noun] | 52 |
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| 25 | [verb] [v-ing] a bit | 49 |
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| 26 | try [v-ing] a [noun] | 49 |
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| 27 | [verb] [v-ing] a bit | 49 |
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| 28 | admit [v-ing] a [noun] | 45 |
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| 29 | consider [v-ing] a [noun] | 45 |
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| 30 | [verb] [v-ing] a [noun prp] | 43 |
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