| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [v-ing] [verb] how | 223 |
|
| 2 | [v-ing] [to-vb] how | 201 |
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| 3 | trying [verb] how | 74 |
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| 4 | [v-ing] see how | 47 |
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| 5 | [v-ing] to see how | 43 |
|
| 6 | having [verb] how | 21 |
|
| 7 | [v-ing] [vb pp] how | 19 |
|
| 8 | [v-ing] decide how | 18 |
|
| 9 | [v-ing] show how | 17 |
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| 10 | waiting [verb] how | 16 |
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| 11 | [v-ing] to decide how | 16 |
|
| 12 | beginning [verb] how | 15 |
|
| 13 | [v-ing] to show how | 15 |
|
| 14 | [v-ing] to understand how | 13 |
|
| 15 | [v-ing] understand how | 13 |
|
| 16 | going [verb] how | 12 |
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| 17 | [v-ing] discover how | 12 |
|
| 18 | [v-ing] think how | 11 |
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| 19 | [v-ing] know how | 10 |
|
| 20 | [v-ing] learn how | 10 |
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| 21 | [v-ing] to think how | 10 |
|
| 22 | [v-ing] to explain how | 10 |
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| 23 | [v-ing] explain how | 10 |
|
| 24 | [v-ing] to learn how | 10 |
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| 25 | [v-ing] to say how | 9 |
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| 26 | [v-ing] to know how | 9 |
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| 27 | [v-ing] say how | 9 |
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| 28 | [v-ing] to discover how | 8 |
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| 29 | [v-ing] ask how | 7 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] to ask how | 7 |
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