| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] had been [v-ing] [prep] | 702 |
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| 2 | [noun prp] had been [v-ing] [prep] | 296 |
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| 3 | [noun sg] had been [v-ing] [prep] | 257 |
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| 4 | [noun] had been [v-ing] for | 186 |
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| 5 | [noun] had been [v-ing] for | 186 |
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| 6 | [noun pl] had been [v-ing] [prep] | 133 |
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| 7 | [noun] had been [v-ing] in | 90 |
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| 8 | [noun] had been [v-ing] in | 90 |
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| 9 | [noun] had been [v-ing] on | 64 |
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| 10 | [noun] had been [v-ing] on | 64 |
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| 11 | [noun] had been [v-ing] with | 62 |
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| 12 | [noun] had been [v-ing] with | 62 |
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| 13 | [noun] had been [v-ing] at | 60 |
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| 14 | [noun] had been [v-ing] at | 60 |
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| 15 | [noun] had been working [prep] | 55 |
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| 16 | [noun] had been [v-ing] to | 42 |
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| 17 | [noun] had been [v-ing] to | 42 |
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| 18 | [noun] had been waiting [prep] | 34 |
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| 19 | [noun] had been looking [prep] | 28 |
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| 20 | [noun] had been [v-ing] about | 26 |
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| 21 | [noun] had been [v-ing] about | 26 |
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| 22 | [noun] had been [v-ing] from | 25 |
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| 23 | [noun] had been living [prep] | 25 |
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| 24 | [noun] had been [v-ing] from | 25 |
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| 25 | [noun] had been talking [prep] | 21 |
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| 26 | [noun] had been going [prep] | 19 |
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| 27 | [noun] had been [v-ing] since | 17 |
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| 28 | [noun] had been [v-ing] since | 17 |
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| 29 | [noun] had been suffering [prep] | 15 |
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| 30 | [noun] had been sitting [prep] | 15 |
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