| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a very long time | 170 |
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| 2 | [prep] a very long time | 170 |
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| 3 | for a very long time | 160 |
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| 4 | for a very long time | 160 |
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| 5 | [verb] a very long time | 53 |
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| 6 | take a very long time | 27 |
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| 7 | [vb infin] a very long time | 17 |
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| 8 | [vb past] a very long time | 16 |
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| 9 | [be] a very long time | 15 |
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| 10 | be a very long time | 15 |
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| 11 | take a very long time | 12 |
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| 12 | [pron] a very long time | 8 |
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| 13 | seem a very long time | 8 |
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| 14 | [adv] a very long time | 8 |
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| 15 | wait a very long time | 7 |
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| 16 | seemed a very long time | 6 |
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| 17 | [vb pp] a very long time | 6 |
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| 18 | [pers pn] a very long time | 6 |
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| 19 | [adv] a very long time | 6 |
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| 20 | [conj] a very long time | 5 |
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| 21 | [is] a very long time | 5 |
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| 22 | [was/were] a very long time | 5 |
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| 23 | [vb base] a very long time | 5 |
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| 24 | [to-vb] a very long time | 5 |
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| 25 | a very long time [adv] | 40 |
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| 26 | a very long time [adv] | 38 |
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| 27 | a very long time [conj] | 32 |
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| 28 | a very long time ago | 23 |
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| 29 | a very long time ago | 23 |
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| 30 | a very long time [verb] | 21 |
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