| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] | 332 |
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| 2 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun pl] | 234 |
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| 3 | have been [v-ing] for [num] [noun] | 159 |
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| 4 | have been [v-ing] for [det] [noun] | 143 |
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| 5 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] year | 140 |
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| 6 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] years | 139 |
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| 7 | had been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] | 123 |
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| 8 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun sg] | 96 |
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| 9 | has been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] | 90 |
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| 10 | have been [v-ing] for some [noun] | 76 |
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| 11 | have been [v-ing] for some [noun] | 76 |
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| 12 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] time | 55 |
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| 13 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] time | 55 |
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| 14 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] | 50 |
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| 15 | have been running for [adj] [noun] | 30 |
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| 16 | 've been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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| 17 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] | 25 |
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| 18 | have been waiting for [adj] [noun] | 25 |
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| 19 | have been [v-ing] for several [noun] | 24 |
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| 20 | have been [v-ing] for several [noun] | 24 |
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| 21 | have been [v-ing] for three [noun] | 21 |
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| 22 | have been [v-ing] for three [noun] | 21 |
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| 23 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] hour | 20 |
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| 24 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] hours | 19 |
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| 25 | have been [v-ing] for two [noun] | 19 |
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| 26 | have been [v-ing] for two [noun] | 19 |
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| 27 | have been [v-ing] for this [noun] | 19 |
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| 28 | have been [v-ing] for this [noun] | 19 |
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| 29 | have been [v-ing] for [adj] month | 18 |
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| 30 | 's been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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