| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a while | 3338 |
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| 2 | [prep] a while | 3338 |
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| 3 | for a while | 2421 |
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| 4 | for a while | 2421 |
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| 5 | after a while | 751 |
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| 6 | after a while | 751 |
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| 7 | [verb] a while | 227 |
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| 8 | [adv] a while | 216 |
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| 9 | [adv] a while | 203 |
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| 10 | quite a while | 183 |
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| 11 | quite a while | 183 |
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| 12 | in a while | 157 |
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| 13 | in a while | 157 |
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| 14 | take a while | 99 |
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| 15 | [vb past] a while | 80 |
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| 16 | [pron] a while | 62 |
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| 17 | [pers pn] a while | 59 |
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| 18 | [vb infin] a while | 52 |
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| 19 | be a while | 52 |
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| 20 | [be] a while | 52 |
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| 21 | [noun] a while | 49 |
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| 22 | took a while | 36 |
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| 23 | wait a while | 30 |
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| 24 | take a while | 29 |
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| 25 | [to-vb] a while | 28 |
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| 26 | [noun sg] a while | 25 |
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| 27 | [vb base] a while | 23 |
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| 28 | [vb -s] a while | 23 |
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| 29 | takes a while | 22 |
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| 30 | i a while | 21 |
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