| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a very long time [conj] | 16 |
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| 2 | [prep] a very long time [adv] | 12 |
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| 3 | [prep] a very long time [adv] | 12 |
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| 4 | [prep] a very long time [coord] | 11 |
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| 5 | [prep] a very long time and | 10 |
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| 6 | [prep] a very long time and | 10 |
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| 7 | [prep] a very long time [prep] | 9 |
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| 8 | [prep] a very long time [prep] | 9 |
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| 9 | [noun] [prep] a very long time | 56 |
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| 10 | [verb] [prep] a very long time | 45 |
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| 11 | [noun sg] [prep] a very long time | 42 |
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| 12 | [vb pp] [prep] a very long time | 25 |
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| 13 | [adv] [prep] a very long time | 24 |
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| 14 | [pron] [prep] a very long time | 15 |
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| 15 | [adj] [prep] a very long time | 13 |
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| 16 | [adv] [prep] a very long time | 13 |
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| 17 | [pers pn] [prep] a very long time | 10 |
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| 18 | [noun pl] [prep] a very long time | 10 |
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| 19 | [adv prt] [prep] a very long time | 9 |
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| 20 | [adj] [prep] a very long time | 7 |
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| 21 | [vb past] [prep] a very long time | 6 |
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| 22 | [vb infin] [prep] a very long time | 5 |
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| 23 | [det] [prep] a very long time | 5 |
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| 24 | have [prep] a very long time | 5 |
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