| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [to-vb] | 688 |
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| 2 | of [v-ing] [pers pn] [verb] | 505 |
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| 3 | [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [vb infin] | 452 |
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| 4 | [prep] [v-ing] them [verb] | 433 |
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| 5 | by [v-ing] [pers pn] [verb] | 419 |
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| 6 | [prep] [v-ing] it [verb] | 318 |
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| 7 | [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [vb past] | 310 |
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| 8 | [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [vb base] | 276 |
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| 9 | [prep] [v-ing] you [verb] | 258 |
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| 10 | in [v-ing] [pers pn] [verb] | 235 |
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| 11 | for [v-ing] [pers pn] [verb] | 224 |
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| 12 | [prep] [v-ing] him [verb] | 218 |
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| 13 | [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] have | 195 |
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| 14 | [prep] making [pers pn] [verb] | 182 |
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| 15 | [prep] letting [pers pn] [verb] | 176 |
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| 16 | [prep] helping [pers pn] [verb] | 156 |
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| 17 | [prep] [v-ing] her [verb] | 142 |
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| 18 | [prep] [v-ing] me [verb] | 142 |
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| 19 | [prep] allowing [pers pn] [verb] | 124 |
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| 20 | [prep] [v-ing] he [verb] | 122 |
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| 21 | [prep] [v-ing] us [verb] | 109 |
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| 22 | [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [vb pp] | 99 |
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| 23 | [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] had | 92 |
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| 24 | [prep] [v-ing] i [verb] | 88 |
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| 25 | [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] do | 86 |
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| 26 | without [v-ing] [pers pn] [verb] | 86 |
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| 27 | [prep] having [pers pn] [verb] | 84 |
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| 28 | [prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [vb -s] | 82 |
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| 29 | [prep] asking [pers pn] [verb] | 79 |
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| 30 | [prep] saying [pers pn] [verb] | 78 |
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