| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adv] [prep] a [adj] time | 379 |
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| 2 | [adv] [prep] a [adj] time | 353 |
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| 3 | [adv] [prep] a long time | 211 |
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| 4 | [adv] [prep] a long time | 207 |
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| 5 | [adv] [prep] a short time | 52 |
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| 6 | [adv] [prep] a short time | 50 |
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| 7 | [adv] [prep] a [num ord] time | 15 |
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| 8 | [adv] [prep] a certain time | 15 |
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| 9 | [adv] [prep] a certain time | 15 |
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| 10 | [adv] [prep] a second time | 12 |
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| 11 | [adv] [prep] a second time | 12 |
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| 12 | [adv] [prep] a [noun] time | 11 |
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| 13 | [adv] [prep] a good time | 11 |
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| 14 | [adv] [prep] a [adj -er] time | 10 |
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| 15 | [adv] [prep] a good time | 10 |
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| 16 | [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] time | 10 |
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| 17 | [adv] [prep] a reasonable time | 8 |
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| 18 | [adv] [prep] a reasonable time | 8 |
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| 19 | [adv] [prep] a specified time | 7 |
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| 20 | [adv] [prep] a specified time | 7 |
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| 21 | [adv] [prep] a full time | 6 |
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| 22 | [adv] [prep] a full time | 6 |
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| 23 | [adv] [prep] a considerable time | 5 |
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| 24 | [adv] [prep] a considerable time | 5 |
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| 25 | [adv] [prep] a tough time | 5 |
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| 26 | [adv] [prep] a tough time | 5 |
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| 27 | [verb] [adv] [prep] a time | 122 |
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| 28 | [noun] [adv] [prep] a time | 39 |
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| 29 | [vb pp] [adv] [prep] a time | 38 |
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| 30 | [art] [adv] [prep] a time | 31 |
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