| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun pl] | 251 |
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| 2 | [been] [v-ing] for [num] [noun pl] | 166 |
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| 3 | [been] [v-ing] for [adj] years | 145 |
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| 4 | [been] [v-ing] for [det] [noun pl] | 64 |
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| 5 | [been] running for [adj] [noun pl] | 31 |
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| 6 | [been] [v-ing] for several [noun pl] | 26 |
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| 7 | [been] [v-ing] for several [noun pl] | 26 |
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| 8 | [been] [v-ing] for three [noun pl] | 23 |
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| 9 | [been] [v-ing] for three [noun pl] | 23 |
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| 10 | [been] [v-ing] for [adj] months | 22 |
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| 11 | [been] [v-ing] for [adj] hours | 20 |
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| 12 | [been] [v-ing] for two [noun pl] | 20 |
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| 13 | [been] [v-ing] for two [noun pl] | 20 |
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| 14 | [been] [v-ing] for many [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 15 | [been] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 16 | [been] [v-ing] for many [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 17 | [been] [v-ing] for some [noun pl] | 16 |
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| 18 | [been] [v-ing] for some [noun pl] | 16 |
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| 19 | [been] missing for [adj] [noun pl] | 15 |
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| 20 | [been] going for [adj] [noun pl] | 14 |
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| 21 | [been] [v-ing] for five [noun pl] | 13 |
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| 22 | [been] [v-ing] for [adj] days | 13 |
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| 23 | [been] [v-ing] for five [noun pl] | 13 |
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| 24 | [been] [v-ing] for [adj] weeks | 12 |
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| 25 | [been] [v-ing] for six [noun pl] | 11 |
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| 26 | [been] [v-ing] for six [noun pl] | 11 |
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| 27 | [been] working for [adj] [noun pl] | 11 |
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| 28 | [been] trying for [adj] [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 29 | [been] [v-ing] for [adj] minutes | 10 |
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| 30 | [been] [v-ing] for twenty [noun pl] | 9 |
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