| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] | 450 |
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| 2 | why do [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] | 449 |
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| 3 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [to-vb] | 362 |
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| 4 | why [vb base] [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] | 252 |
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| 5 | why do [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] | 244 |
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| 6 | why [verb] you [vb infin] [verb] | 227 |
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| 7 | why [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] | 163 |
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| 8 | why did [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] | 163 |
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| 9 | why [verb] [pers pn] have [verb] | 157 |
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| 10 | why [verb] [pers pn] want [verb] | 117 |
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| 11 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [v-ing] | 73 |
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| 12 | why [verb] he [vb infin] [verb] | 63 |
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| 13 | why [verb] i [vb infin] [verb] | 47 |
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| 14 | why [verb] [pers pn] keep [verb] | 46 |
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| 15 | why [verb] they [vb infin] [verb] | 40 |
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| 16 | why [verb] we [vb infin] [verb] | 38 |
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| 17 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] know | 34 |
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| 18 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] to know | 34 |
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| 19 | why [vb -s] [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] | 34 |
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| 20 | why does [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] | 33 |
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| 21 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] go | 33 |
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| 22 | why [verb] [pers pn] need [verb] | 31 |
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| 23 | why [verb] she [vb infin] [verb] | 28 |
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| 24 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] to go | 25 |
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| 25 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] do | 25 |
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| 26 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] to do | 20 |
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| 27 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] see | 18 |
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| 28 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] to see | 18 |
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| 29 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] say | 13 |
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| 30 | why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] have | 13 |
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