| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 134 |
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| 2 | be [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 134 |
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| 3 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain [noun sg] | 131 |
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| 4 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a certain [noun] | 112 |
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| 5 | be [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 44 |
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| 6 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 44 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 36 |
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| 8 | was [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 26 |
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| 9 | [be] [verb] in a certain [noun] | 25 |
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| 10 | [is] [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 23 |
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| 11 | [be] [verb] to a certain [noun] | 22 |
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| 12 | is [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 22 |
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| 13 | [be] [verb] with a certain [noun] | 18 |
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| 14 | [am/are] [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 16 |
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| 15 | [be] [verb] by a certain [noun] | 16 |
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| 16 | [be] [v-ing] [prep] a certain [noun] | 16 |
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| 17 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain amount | 13 |
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| 18 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain amount | 13 |
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| 19 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain way | 12 |
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| 20 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain way | 12 |
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| 21 | are [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 11 |
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| 22 | [been] [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 10 |
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| 23 | were [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 10 |
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| 24 | [be] [verb] for a certain [noun] | 10 |
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| 25 | been [verb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 10 |
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| 26 | [be] [verb] at a certain [noun] | 10 |
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| 27 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain time | 7 |
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| 28 | [be] [verb] [prep] a certain time | 7 |
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| 29 | [be] [to-vb] [prep] a certain [noun] | 6 |
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| 30 | [be] [verb] after a certain [noun] | 6 |
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