No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | take a long time | 377 | |
2 | [vb past] a long time | 234 | |
3 | [vb infin] a long time | 122 | |
4 | [vb pp] a long time | 116 | |
5 | took a long time | 106 | |
6 | take a long time | 96 | |
7 | [vb -s] a long time | 96 | |
8 | takes a long time | 71 | |
9 | wait a long time | 70 | |
10 | spend a long time | 61 | |
11 | [v-ing] a long time | 59 | |
12 | [vb base] a long time | 52 | |
13 | [to-vb] a long time | 52 | |
14 | spent a long time | 37 | |
15 | seem a long time | 34 | |
16 | taking a long time | 33 | |
17 | take a long time | 32 | |
18 | taken a long time | 26 | |
19 | last a long time | 25 | |
20 | to wait a long time | 21 | |
21 | seemed a long time | 19 | |
22 | waited a long time | 17 | |
23 | happen a long time | 15 | |
24 | waiting a long time | 13 | |
25 | have a long time | 13 | |
26 | to take a long time | 13 | |
27 | waited a long time | 12 | |
28 | seems a long time | 12 | |
29 | live a long time | 11 | |
30 | spent a long time | 8 |