| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a long time | 1727 |
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| 2 | [prep] a long time | 1727 |
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| 3 | for a long time | 1601 |
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| 4 | for a long time | 1601 |
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| 5 | [verb] a long time | 731 |
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| 6 | [be] a long time | 484 |
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| 7 | be a long time | 484 |
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| 8 | take a long time | 377 |
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| 9 | [vb past] a long time | 234 |
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| 10 | [adv] a long time | 216 |
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| 11 | [adv] a long time | 183 |
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| 12 | [was/were] a long time | 162 |
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| 13 | [is] a long time | 160 |
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| 14 | was a long time | 155 |
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| 15 | [adj] a long time | 124 |
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| 16 | [vb infin] a long time | 122 |
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| 17 | [vb pp] a long time | 116 |
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| 18 | quite a long time | 111 |
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| 19 | quite a long time | 111 |
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| 20 | [noun] a long time | 111 |
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| 21 | [det] a long time | 108 |
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| 22 | took a long time | 106 |
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| 23 | [pron] a long time | 103 |
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| 24 | take a long time | 96 |
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| 25 | [vb -s] a long time | 96 |
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| 26 | [pers pn] a long time | 96 |
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| 27 | 's a long time | 93 |
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| 28 | such a long time | 89 |
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| 29 | such a long time | 89 |
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| 30 | been a long time | 79 |
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