| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | be [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 2141 |
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| 2 | [be] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 1647 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 691 |
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| 4 | [am/are] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 507 |
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| 5 | [is] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 476 |
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| 6 | was [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 472 |
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| 7 | is [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 398 |
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| 8 | are [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 334 |
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| 9 | be [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 286 |
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| 10 | [be] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 286 |
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| 11 | [be] [v-ing] the [det] [noun sg] | 244 |
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| 12 | [be] [v-ing] the same [noun sg] | 233 |
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| 13 | [be] [v-ing] the same [noun sg] | 233 |
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| 14 | were [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 219 |
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| 15 | been [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 181 |
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| 16 | [been] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 181 |
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| 17 | [be] doing the [adj] [noun sg] | 149 |
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| 18 | [be] [v-ing] the [adj] thing | 135 |
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| 19 | [be] [v-ing] the [num ord] [noun sg] | 126 |
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| 20 | 're [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 119 |
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| 21 | [be] [v-ing] the [adj] way | 110 |
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| 22 | [be] [v-ing] the right [noun sg] | 101 |
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| 23 | [be] [v-ing] the right [noun sg] | 101 |
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| 24 | [be] [v-ing] the [adj -est] [noun sg] | 95 |
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| 25 | [be] [v-ing] the other [noun sg] | 89 |
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| 26 | [be] [v-ing] the other [noun sg] | 89 |
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| 27 | 's [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 78 |
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| 28 | [be] [v-ing] the whole [noun sg] | 71 |
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| 29 | [be] [v-ing] the whole [noun sg] | 71 |
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| 30 | [be] [v-ing] the wrong [noun sg] | 66 |
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