| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | by [v-ing] [prep] [adj] | 434 |
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| 2 | by [v-ing] [prep] [det] | 228 |
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| 3 | by [v-ing] in [adj] | 172 |
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| 4 | by [v-ing] to [adj] | 134 |
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| 5 | by [v-ing] [prep] [num] | 129 |
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| 6 | by [v-ing] with [adj] | 89 |
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| 7 | by [v-ing] at [adj] | 84 |
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| 8 | by [v-ing] on [adj] | 84 |
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| 9 | by [v-ing] for [adj] | 74 |
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| 10 | by looking [prep] [adj] | 74 |
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| 11 | by [v-ing] [prep] one | 44 |
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| 12 | by [v-ing] [prep] one | 44 |
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| 13 | by [v-ing] [prep] this | 43 |
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| 14 | by [v-ing] from [adj] | 43 |
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| 15 | by [v-ing] [prep] this | 43 |
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| 16 | by [v-ing] into [adj] | 31 |
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| 17 | by [v-ing] [prep] other | 30 |
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| 18 | by [v-ing] [prep] some | 30 |
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| 19 | by [v-ing] [prep] other | 30 |
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| 20 | by [v-ing] [prep] some | 30 |
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| 21 | by referring [prep] [adj] | 24 |
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| 22 | by [v-ing] [prep] each | 20 |
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| 23 | by working [prep] [adj] | 20 |
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| 24 | by [v-ing] [prep] each | 20 |
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| 25 | by [v-ing] [prep] two | 19 |
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| 26 | by [v-ing] [prep] two | 19 |
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| 27 | by [v-ing] [prep] such | 19 |
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| 28 | by [v-ing] [prep] such | 19 |
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| 29 | by [v-ing] [prep] [adj -er] | 18 |
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| 30 | by [v-ing] [prep] that | 18 |
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