| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] [adv] for a long [noun] | 134 |
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| 2 | [verb] [adv] for a long [noun sg] | 134 |
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| 3 | [verb] [adv] for a long [noun] | 129 |
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| 4 | [verb] [adv] for a long time | 106 |
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| 5 | [verb] [adv] for a long time | 106 |
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| 6 | [verb] [adv prt] for a long [noun] | 71 |
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| 7 | [verb] [adv] for a long [noun] | 60 |
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| 8 | [vb past] [adv] for a long [noun] | 47 |
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| 9 | [verb] on for a long [noun] | 42 |
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| 10 | [verb] on for a long [noun] | 42 |
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| 11 | go [adv] for a long [noun] | 39 |
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| 12 | [vb pp] [adv] for a long [noun] | 28 |
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| 13 | [vb infin] [adv] for a long [noun] | 19 |
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| 14 | [v-ing] [adv] for a long [noun] | 18 |
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| 15 | [verb] there for a long [noun] | 18 |
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| 16 | [verb] there for a long [noun] | 18 |
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| 17 | went [adv] for a long [noun] | 13 |
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| 18 | go [adv] for a long [noun] | 11 |
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| 19 | [to-vb] [adv] for a long [noun] | 10 |
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| 20 | [verb] together for a long [noun] | 9 |
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| 21 | live [adv] for a long [noun] | 9 |
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| 22 | [verb] together for a long [noun] | 9 |
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| 23 | sit [adv] for a long [noun] | 8 |
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| 24 | stay [adv] for a long [noun] | 8 |
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| 25 | going [adv] for a long [noun] | 7 |
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| 26 | [verb] up for a long [noun] | 7 |
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| 27 | [verb] up for a long [noun] | 7 |
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| 28 | sat [adv] for a long [noun] | 7 |
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| 29 | [vb -s] [adv] for a long [noun] | 7 |
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| 30 | [verb] [adv] for a long period | 6 |
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