| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | be [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 573 |
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| 2 | [be] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 573 |
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| 3 | [noun] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 220 |
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| 4 | [am/are] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 164 |
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| 5 | [prep] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 158 |
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| 6 | [prep] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 158 |
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| 7 | [adv] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 140 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 134 |
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| 9 | [is] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 116 |
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| 10 | [noun sg] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 112 |
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| 11 | [adv] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 112 |
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| 12 | is [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 102 |
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| 13 | are [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 102 |
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| 14 | was [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 86 |
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| 15 | [noun pl] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 85 |
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| 16 | [been] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 81 |
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| 17 | been [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 81 |
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| 18 | be [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 78 |
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| 19 | [be] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 78 |
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| 20 | [conj] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 73 |
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| 21 | [verb] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 62 |
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| 22 | 're [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 49 |
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| 23 | were [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 48 |
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| 24 | [coord] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 43 |
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| 25 | of [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 41 |
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| 26 | of [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 41 |
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| 27 | and [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 33 |
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| 28 | and [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 33 |
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| 29 | [pron] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 33 |
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| 30 | [subord] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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