| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] [prep] [v-ing] the [num ord] | 301 |
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| 2 | [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] the [num ord] | 226 |
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| 3 | [noun] [prep] [v-ing] the first | 148 |
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| 4 | [noun] of [v-ing] the [num ord] | 98 |
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| 5 | [noun] of [v-ing] the [num ord] | 98 |
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| 6 | [noun] by [v-ing] the [num ord] | 61 |
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| 7 | [noun] by [v-ing] the [num ord] | 61 |
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| 8 | [noun pl] [prep] [v-ing] the [num ord] | 58 |
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| 9 | [noun] [prep] [v-ing] the second | 41 |
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| 10 | [noun] [prep] [v-ing] the last | 40 |
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| 11 | [noun] [prep] becoming the [num ord] | 39 |
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| 12 | [noun] [prep] [v-ing] the next | 38 |
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| 13 | [noun] in [v-ing] the [num ord] | 37 |
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| 14 | [noun] in [v-ing] the [num ord] | 37 |
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| 15 | [noun] for [v-ing] the [num ord] | 23 |
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| 16 | [noun] for [v-ing] the [num ord] | 23 |
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| 17 | [noun] after [v-ing] the [num ord] | 21 |
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| 18 | [noun] after [v-ing] the [num ord] | 21 |
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| 19 | [noun] [prep] winning the [num ord] | 18 |
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| 20 | [noun] before [v-ing] the [num ord] | 17 |
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| 21 | [noun] before [v-ing] the [num ord] | 17 |
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| 22 | [noun prp] [prep] [v-ing] the [num ord] | 16 |
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| 23 | [noun] [prep] making the [num ord] | 15 |
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| 24 | way [prep] [v-ing] the [num ord] | 14 |
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| 25 | chance [prep] [v-ing] the [num ord] | 14 |
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| 26 | way [prep] [v-ing] the [num ord] | 12 |
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| 27 | [noun] to [v-ing] the [num ord] | 12 |
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| 28 | [noun] [prep] [v-ing] the third | 12 |
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| 29 | [noun] to [v-ing] the [num ord] | 12 |
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| 30 | [noun] [prep] reaching the [num ord] | 10 |
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