| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a [adj] period [prep] [noun] | 453 |
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| 2 | [prep] a [adj] period [prep] [noun] | 430 |
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| 3 | [prep] a [adj] period [prep] [noun sg] | 409 |
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| 4 | [prep] a [adj] period of [noun] | 384 |
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| 5 | [prep] a [adj] period [prep] time | 283 |
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| 6 | [prep] a [adj] period [prep] time | 283 |
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| 7 | for a [adj] period [prep] [noun] | 154 |
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| 8 | over a [adj] period [prep] [noun] | 141 |
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| 9 | [prep] a long period [prep] [noun] | 134 |
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| 10 | [prep] a long period [prep] [noun] | 122 |
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| 11 | [prep] a short period [prep] [noun] | 68 |
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| 12 | [prep] a short period [prep] [noun] | 62 |
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| 13 | after a [adj] period [prep] [noun] | 50 |
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| 14 | [prep] a [adj] period [prep] [noun prp] | 31 |
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| 15 | [prep] a [adj -er] period [prep] [noun] | 23 |
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| 16 | [prep] a [adj] period in [noun] | 21 |
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| 17 | within a [adj] period [prep] [noun] | 21 |
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| 18 | [prep] a fixed period [prep] [noun] | 21 |
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| 19 | [prep] a fixed period [prep] [noun] | 21 |
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| 20 | in a [adj] period [prep] [noun] | 20 |
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| 21 | [prep] a certain period [prep] [noun] | 19 |
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| 22 | [prep] a brief period [prep] [noun] | 19 |
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| 23 | [prep] a brief period [prep] [noun] | 19 |
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| 24 | [prep] a certain period [prep] [noun] | 19 |
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| 25 | [prep] a considerable period [prep] [noun] | 17 |
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| 26 | [prep] a considerable period [prep] [noun] | 17 |
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| 27 | [prep] a limited period [prep] [noun] | 16 |
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| 28 | [prep] a limited period [prep] [noun] | 16 |
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| 29 | [prep] a given period [prep] [noun] | 15 |
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| 30 | [prep] a given period [prep] [noun] | 15 |
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