| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] a long [noun sg] | 2807 |
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| 2 | [vb past] a long [noun] | 814 |
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| 3 | [verb] a long time | 731 |
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| 4 | [verb] a long time | 731 |
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| 5 | [verb] a long way | 701 |
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| 6 | [verb] a long way | 701 |
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| 7 | have a long [noun] | 590 |
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| 8 | take a long [noun] | 502 |
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| 9 | [vb pp] a long [noun] | 486 |
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| 10 | [vb -s] a long [noun] | 455 |
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| 11 | [vb infin] a long [noun] | 317 |
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| 12 | [vb base] a long [noun] | 276 |
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| 13 | go a long [noun] | 264 |
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| 14 | [v-ing] a long [noun] | 243 |
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| 15 | [to-vb] a long [noun] | 233 |
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| 16 | has a long [noun] | 180 |
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| 17 | took a long [noun] | 176 |
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| 18 | had a long [noun] | 163 |
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| 19 | come a long [noun] | 142 |
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| 20 | [verb] a long history | 137 |
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| 21 | [verb] a long history | 137 |
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| 22 | come a long [noun] | 119 |
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| 23 | have a long [noun] | 110 |
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| 24 | take a long [noun] | 106 |
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| 25 | go a long [noun] | 87 |
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| 26 | seem a long [noun] | 84 |
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| 27 | takes a long [noun] | 78 |
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| 28 | spend a long [noun] | 74 |
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| 29 | wait a long [noun] | 74 |
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| 30 | had a long [noun] | 64 |
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