| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [be] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 190 |
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| 2 | be [vb pp] like a [noun] | 190 |
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| 3 | [noun] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 176 |
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| 4 | [noun sg] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 146 |
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| 5 | [verb] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 123 |
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| 6 | have [vb pp] like a [noun] | 111 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 72 |
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| 8 | was [vb pp] like a [noun] | 61 |
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| 9 | [vb past] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 55 |
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| 10 | [adv] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 46 |
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| 11 | had [vb pp] like a [noun] | 46 |
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| 12 | [conj] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 41 |
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| 13 | [coord] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 40 |
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| 14 | [is] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 39 |
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| 15 | [adv] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 38 |
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| 16 | [be] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 36 |
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| 17 | be [vb pp] like a [noun] | 36 |
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| 18 | is [vb pp] like a [noun] | 31 |
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| 19 | [vb -s] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 30 |
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| 20 | and [vb pp] like a [noun] | 29 |
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| 21 | and [vb pp] like a [noun] | 29 |
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| 22 | [noun pl] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 28 |
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| 23 | being [vb pp] like a [noun] | 19 |
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| 24 | [being] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 19 |
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| 25 | has [vb pp] like a [noun] | 18 |
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| 26 | [vb base] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 16 |
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| 27 | [vb infin] [vb pp] like a [noun] | 14 |
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| 28 | have [vb pp] like a [noun] | 14 |
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| 29 | been [vb pp] like a [noun] | 12 |
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| 30 | 's [vb pp] like a [noun] | 12 |
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