| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 521 |
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| 2 | [be] [vb pp] [v-ing] the [noun] | 475 |
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| 3 | [be] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun sg] | 362 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 216 |
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| 5 | [be] [verb] using the [noun] | 194 |
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| 6 | [be] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 128 |
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| 7 | be [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 128 |
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| 8 | was [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 120 |
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| 9 | [be] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun pl] | 97 |
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| 10 | were [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 96 |
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| 11 | [is] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 73 |
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| 12 | is [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 67 |
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| 13 | been [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 56 |
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| 14 | [been] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 56 |
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| 15 | [be] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun prp] | 50 |
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| 16 | [am/are] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 38 |
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| 17 | [be] see [v-ing] the [noun] | 36 |
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| 18 | [be] seen [v-ing] the [noun] | 35 |
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| 19 | are [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 33 |
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| 20 | [be] spent [v-ing] the [noun] | 32 |
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| 21 | [be] spend [v-ing] the [noun] | 32 |
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| 22 | [be] [v-ing] [v-ing] the [noun] | 25 |
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| 23 | [be] [to-vb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 21 |
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| 24 | [be] make [v-ing] the [noun] | 16 |
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| 25 | [be] made [v-ing] the [noun] | 16 |
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| 26 | [be] calculated [v-ing] the [noun] | 15 |
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| 27 | [be] calculate [v-ing] the [noun] | 15 |
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| 28 | [be] left [v-ing] the [noun] | 14 |
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| 29 | [be] leave [v-ing] the [noun] | 14 |
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| 30 | [be] do [v-ing] the [noun] | 11 |
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