| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a [adv] long time | 187 |
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| 2 | [prep] a [adv] long time | 187 |
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| 3 | for a [adv] long time | 176 |
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| 4 | for a [adv] long time | 176 |
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| 5 | [verb] a [adv] long time | 61 |
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| 6 | take a [adv] long time | 32 |
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| 7 | [vb infin] a [adv] long time | 20 |
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| 8 | [vb past] a [adv] long time | 17 |
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| 9 | [be] a [adv] long time | 16 |
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| 10 | be a [adv] long time | 16 |
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| 11 | take a [adv] long time | 14 |
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| 12 | [pron] a [adv] long time | 9 |
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| 13 | [vb pp] a [adv] long time | 8 |
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| 14 | wait a [adv] long time | 8 |
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| 15 | seem a [adv] long time | 8 |
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| 16 | [adv] a [adv] long time | 8 |
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| 17 | [conj] a [adv] long time | 7 |
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| 18 | [to-vb] a [adv] long time | 6 |
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| 19 | [adv] a [adv] long time | 6 |
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| 20 | seemed a [adv] long time | 6 |
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| 21 | [pers pn] a [adv] long time | 6 |
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| 22 | took a [adv] long time | 5 |
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| 23 | [was/were] a [adv] long time | 5 |
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| 24 | [vb base] a [adv] long time | 5 |
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| 25 | [is] a [adv] long time | 5 |
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| 26 | a [adv] long time [adv] | 42 |
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| 27 | a [adv] long time [adv] | 40 |
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| 28 | a [adv] long time [verb] | 34 |
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| 29 | a [adv] long time [conj] | 33 |
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| 30 | a [adv] long time [to-vb] | 26 |
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