| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | the [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the | 1257 |
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| 2 | the [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the | 1257 |
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| 3 | the [noun] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 901 |
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| 4 | the [noun] [be] [v-ing] [prep] the | 901 |
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| 5 | the [noun] of [v-ing] [prep] the | 880 |
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| 6 | the [noun] of [v-ing] [prep] the | 880 |
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| 7 | the [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 508 |
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| 8 | the [noun] [conj] [v-ing] [prep] the | 433 |
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| 9 | the [noun] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] the | 403 |
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| 10 | the [noun] [coord] [v-ing] [prep] the | 367 |
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| 11 | the [noun] was [v-ing] [prep] the | 350 |
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| 12 | the [noun] and [v-ing] [prep] the | 326 |
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| 13 | the [noun] and [v-ing] [prep] the | 326 |
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| 14 | the [noun] [is] [v-ing] [prep] the | 288 |
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| 15 | the [noun] [noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] the | 256 |
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| 16 | the [noun] is [v-ing] [prep] the | 244 |
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| 17 | the [noun] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] the | 182 |
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| 18 | the [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 158 |
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| 19 | the [noun] [noun pl] [v-ing] [prep] the | 130 |
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| 20 | the [noun] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the | 111 |
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| 21 | the [noun] are [v-ing] [prep] the | 104 |
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| 22 | the [noun] [am/are] [v-ing] [prep] the | 104 |
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| 23 | the [noun] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the | 104 |
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| 24 | the [noun] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 95 |
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| 25 | the [noun] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 95 |
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| 26 | the [noun] [vb past] [v-ing] [prep] the | 74 |
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| 27 | the [noun] for [v-ing] [prep] the | 59 |
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| 28 | the [noun] for [v-ing] [prep] the | 59 |
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| 29 | the [noun] [subord] [v-ing] [prep] the | 58 |
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| 30 | the [noun] in [v-ing] [prep] the | 52 |
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