| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] they be [v-ing] [adj] | 83 |
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| 2 | [verb] they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 81 |
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| 3 | [verb] they [am/are] [v-ing] [adj] | 50 |
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| 4 | [vb base] they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 42 |
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| 5 | [verb] they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 37 |
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| 6 | [verb] they 're [v-ing] [adj] | 32 |
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| 7 | [verb] they [be] [v-ing] [det] | 28 |
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| 8 | [verb] they [was/were] [v-ing] [adj] | 25 |
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| 9 | [vb past] they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 22 |
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| 10 | [verb] they were [v-ing] [adj] | 22 |
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| 11 | think they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 18 |
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| 12 | [verb] they are [v-ing] [adj] | 18 |
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| 13 | say they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 18 |
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| 14 | [verb] they [be] doing [adj] | 15 |
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| 15 | [verb] they [be] [v-ing] [num] | 14 |
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| 16 | [verb] they [be] getting [adj] | 13 |
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| 17 | think they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 10 |
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| 18 | [verb] they [be] [v-ing] all | 9 |
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| 19 | [verb] they [be] [v-ing] all | 9 |
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| 20 | [verb] they been [v-ing] [adj] | 8 |
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| 21 | have they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 8 |
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| 22 | [verb] they [been] [v-ing] [adj] | 8 |
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| 23 | know they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 8 |
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| 24 | know they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 7 |
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| 25 | say they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 6 |
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| 26 | [vb infin] they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 6 |
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| 27 | thought they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 6 |
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| 28 | [v-ing] they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 5 |
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| 29 | have they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 5 |
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| 30 | said they [be] [v-ing] [adj] | 5 |
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