| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] a long [noun sg] [prep] | 1077 |
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| 2 | [verb] a long way [prep] | 321 |
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| 3 | [vb past] a long [noun sg] [prep] | 319 |
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| 4 | [verb] a long [noun sg] of | 270 |
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| 5 | have a long [noun sg] [prep] | 259 |
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| 6 | [vb pp] a long [noun sg] [prep] | 228 |
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| 7 | go a long [noun sg] [prep] | 183 |
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| 8 | [vb -s] a long [noun sg] [prep] | 179 |
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| 9 | [verb] a long [noun sg] in | 131 |
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| 10 | [verb] a long time [prep] | 128 |
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| 11 | [verb] a long [noun sg] to | 119 |
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| 12 | [vb infin] a long [noun sg] [prep] | 114 |
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| 13 | take a long [noun sg] [prep] | 109 |
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| 14 | [v-ing] a long [noun sg] [prep] | 93 |
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| 15 | [vb base] a long [noun sg] [prep] | 93 |
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| 16 | [to-vb] a long [noun sg] [prep] | 90 |
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| 17 | [verb] a long [noun sg] from | 90 |
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| 18 | has a long [noun sg] [prep] | 89 |
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| 19 | [verb] a long [noun sg] for | 87 |
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| 20 | [verb] a long history [prep] | 87 |
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| 21 | [verb] a long [noun sg] towards | 85 |
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| 22 | [verb] a long [noun sg] with | 82 |
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| 23 | come a long [noun sg] [prep] | 81 |
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| 24 | had a long [noun sg] [prep] | 77 |
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| 25 | come a long [noun sg] [prep] | 73 |
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| 26 | go a long [noun sg] [prep] | 66 |
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| 27 | took a long [noun sg] [prep] | 55 |
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| 28 | [verb] a long [noun sg] on | 45 |
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| 29 | [verb] a longer [noun sg] [prep] | 39 |
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| 30 | gone a long [noun sg] [prep] | 37 |
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