| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | by [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 375 |
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| 2 | by [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] | 235 |
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| 3 | by [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] | 128 |
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| 4 | by [v-ing] in [adj] [noun] | 72 |
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| 5 | by [v-ing] to [adj] [noun] | 68 |
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| 6 | by [v-ing] with [adj] [noun] | 52 |
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| 7 | by [v-ing] on [adj] [noun] | 43 |
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| 8 | by [v-ing] at [adj] [noun] | 33 |
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| 9 | by looking [prep] [adj] [noun] | 31 |
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| 10 | by [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] | 31 |
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| 11 | by [v-ing] [prep] other [noun] | 28 |
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| 12 | by [v-ing] from [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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| 13 | by [v-ing] into [adj] [noun] | 13 |
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| 14 | by referring [prep] [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 15 | by working [prep] [adj] [noun] | 11 |
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| 16 | by talking [prep] [adj] [noun] | 11 |
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| 17 | by resorting [prep] [adj] [noun] | 10 |
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| 18 | by focusing [prep] [adj] [noun] | 9 |
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| 19 | by [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [n mass] | 8 |
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| 20 | by drawing [prep] [adj] [noun] | 8 |
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| 21 | by [v-ing] of [adj] [noun] | 8 |
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| 22 | by going [prep] [adj] [noun] | 7 |
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| 23 | by [v-ing] [prep] different [noun] | 7 |
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| 24 | by investing [prep] [adj] [noun] | 7 |
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| 25 | by [v-ing] [prep] new [noun] | 7 |
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| 26 | by [v-ing] [prep] certain [noun] | 6 |
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| 27 | by [v-ing] [prep] [adj] water | 6 |
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| 28 | by [v-ing] [prep] [adj] water | 6 |
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| 29 | by [v-ing] [prep] [adj] case | 6 |
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| 30 | by borrowing [prep] [adj] [noun] | 5 |
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