| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | be a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 356 |
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| 2 | [be] a [adj] way of [v-ing] | 341 |
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| 3 | [be] a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 328 |
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| 4 | [is] a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 217 |
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| 5 | is a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 166 |
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| 6 | [be] a good way [prep] [v-ing] | 98 |
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| 7 | [be] a good way [prep] [v-ing] | 79 |
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| 8 | [be] a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 59 |
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| 9 | be a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 59 |
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| 10 | 's a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 51 |
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| 11 | [was/were] a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 46 |
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| 12 | was a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 43 |
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| 13 | [be] a [adj] way [prep] doing | 38 |
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| 14 | [be] a [adj] way [prep] getting | 28 |
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| 15 | [am/are] a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 27 |
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| 16 | [be] a [adj -er] way [prep] [v-ing] | 27 |
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| 17 | [be] a useful way [prep] [v-ing] | 26 |
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| 18 | [be] a useful way [prep] [v-ing] | 26 |
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| 19 | are a [adj] way [prep] [v-ing] | 23 |
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| 20 | [be] a better way [prep] [v-ing] | 18 |
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| 21 | [be] a long way [prep] [v-ing] | 15 |
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| 22 | [be] a long way [prep] [v-ing] | 15 |
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| 23 | [be] a [adj] way [prep] making | 14 |
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| 24 | [be] a [adj] way from [v-ing] | 12 |
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| 25 | [be] a [adj] way [prep] putting | 11 |
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| 26 | [be] a simple way [prep] [v-ing] | 10 |
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| 27 | [be] a sure way [prep] [v-ing] | 9 |
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| 28 | [be] a great way [prep] [v-ing] | 9 |
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| 29 | [be] a [adj] way [prep] saying | 9 |
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| 30 | [be] a great way [prep] [v-ing] | 9 |
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