| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | had been [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] | 123 |
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| 2 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] | 119 |
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| 3 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] | 102 |
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| 4 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun] | 92 |
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| 5 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 79 |
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| 6 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [num] [noun] | 54 |
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| 7 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] years | 45 |
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| 8 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] year | 45 |
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| 9 | had been [v-ing] [prep] some [noun] | 39 |
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| 10 | had been [v-ing] [prep] some [noun] | 39 |
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| 11 | had been [v-ing] in [adj] [noun] | 26 |
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| 12 | had been [v-ing] with [adj] [noun] | 25 |
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| 13 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] time | 22 |
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| 14 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] time | 22 |
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| 15 | had been working [prep] [adj] [noun] | 15 |
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| 16 | had been [v-ing] at [adj] [noun] | 13 |
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| 17 | had been waiting [prep] [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 18 | had been [v-ing] on [adj] [noun] | 11 |
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| 19 | had been [v-ing] [prep] several [noun] | 10 |
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| 20 | had been [v-ing] [prep] several [noun] | 10 |
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| 21 | had been [v-ing] [prep] many [noun] | 9 |
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| 22 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] months | 9 |
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| 23 | had been [v-ing] [prep] many [noun] | 9 |
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| 24 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] hours | 9 |
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| 25 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] hour | 9 |
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| 26 | had been [v-ing] [prep] this [noun] | 9 |
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| 27 | had been [v-ing] [prep] this [noun] | 9 |
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| 28 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] month | 9 |
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| 29 | had been talking [prep] [adj] [noun] | 8 |
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| 30 | had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] week | 8 |
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