| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun pl] be [v-ing] the [adj] | 258 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the [adj] | 184 |
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| 3 | [noun pl] [am/are] [v-ing] the [adj] | 151 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] are [v-ing] the [adj] | 151 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] [was/were] [v-ing] the [adj] | 96 |
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| 6 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] the [adj] | 89 |
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| 7 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the [det] | 43 |
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| 8 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the same | 38 |
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| 9 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the same | 38 |
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| 10 | police [be] [v-ing] the [adj] | 13 |
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| 11 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the new | 12 |
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| 12 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the new | 12 |
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| 13 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the [adj -est] | 11 |
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| 14 | [noun pl] [be] doing the [adj] | 11 |
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| 15 | [noun pl] [is] [v-ing] the [adj] | 10 |
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| 16 | [noun pl] [be] making the [adj] | 10 |
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| 17 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the [num] | 10 |
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| 18 | [noun pl] [be] following the [adj] | 10 |
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| 19 | [noun pl] is [v-ing] the [adj] | 10 |
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| 20 | children [be] [v-ing] the [adj] | 8 |
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| 21 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the [num ord] | 8 |
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| 22 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the good | 8 |
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| 23 | [noun pl] [be] facing the [adj] | 7 |
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| 24 | [noun pl] was [v-ing] the [adj] | 7 |
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| 25 | others [be] [v-ing] the [adj] | 6 |
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| 26 | companies [be] [v-ing] the [adj] | 6 |
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| 27 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the best | 6 |
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| 28 | [noun pl] [be] replacing the [adj] | 6 |
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| 29 | [noun pl] [be] getting the [adj] | 6 |
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| 30 | [noun pl] [be] [v-ing] the most | 5 |
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