| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] [adv] a [adj] time | 99 |
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| 2 | [verb] [adv] a [adj] time | 86 |
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| 3 | [verb] [adv] a long time | 54 |
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| 4 | [verb] [adv] a long time | 53 |
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| 5 | [vb past] [adv] a [adj] time | 38 |
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| 6 | [verb] [adv prt] a [adj] time | 36 |
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| 7 | [verb] quite a [adj] time | 28 |
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| 8 | [verb] quite a [adj] time | 28 |
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| 9 | [vb pp] [adv] a [adj] time | 22 |
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| 10 | have [adv] a [adj] time | 22 |
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| 11 | [verb] [adv] a short time | 21 |
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| 12 | [verb] [adv] a short time | 21 |
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| 13 | take [adv] a [adj] time | 20 |
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| 14 | [verb] only a [adj] time | 19 |
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| 15 | [verb] only a [adj] time | 19 |
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| 16 | [vb infin] [adv] a [adj] time | 16 |
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| 17 | [verb] [adv] a [num ord] time | 13 |
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| 18 | [to-vb] [adv] a [adj] time | 13 |
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| 19 | [vb -s] [adv] a [adj] time | 12 |
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| 20 | [vb base] [adv] a [adj] time | 11 |
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| 21 | had [adv] a [adj] time | 10 |
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| 22 | [v-ing] [adv] a [adj] time | 10 |
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| 23 | [verb] [adv] a second time | 9 |
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| 24 | [verb] there a [adj] time | 9 |
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| 25 | [verb] [adv] a second time | 9 |
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| 26 | [verb] there a [adj] time | 9 |
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| 27 | [verb] [adv] a little time | 9 |
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| 28 | [verb] back a [adj] time | 8 |
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| 29 | [verb] back a [adj] time | 8 |
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| 30 | spend [adv] a [adj] time | 7 |
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