| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] [modal v] [verb] a long time | 46 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a long time | 43 |
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| 3 | it [modal v] [verb] a long time | 35 |
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| 4 | it [modal v] [verb] a long time | 35 |
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| 5 | [noun] [modal v] [verb] a long time | 31 |
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| 6 | [noun sg] [modal v] [verb] a long time | 18 |
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| 7 | [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] a long time | 11 |
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| 8 | [det] [modal v] [verb] a long time | 11 |
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| 9 | [adj] [modal v] [verb] a long time | 11 |
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| 10 | [conj] [modal v] [verb] a long time | 7 |
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| 11 | this [modal v] [verb] a long time | 6 |
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| 12 | this [modal v] [verb] a long time | 6 |
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| 13 | [coord] [modal v] [verb] a long time | 5 |
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| 14 | [modal v] have [verb] a long time | 13 |
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| 15 | [modal v] [verb] [verb] a long time | 13 |
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| 16 | [modal v] [vb infin] [verb] a long time | 13 |
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| 17 | [modal v] have [verb] a long time | 13 |
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| 18 | [modal v] [verb] [prep] a long time | 18 |
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| 19 | [modal v] [verb] [prep] a long time | 18 |
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| 20 | [modal v] [verb] for a long time | 15 |
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| 21 | [modal v] [verb] for a long time | 15 |
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| 22 | [modal v] [verb] [verb] a long time | 13 |
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| 23 | [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] a long time | 8 |
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| 24 | [modal v] [verb] [vb pp] a long time | 8 |
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| 25 | [modal v] [verb] [pron] a long time | 8 |
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| 26 | [modal v] [verb] [adv] a long time | 6 |
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| 27 | [modal v] [verb] quite a long time | 5 |
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| 28 | [modal v] [verb] [to-vb] a long time | 5 |
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| 29 | [modal v] [verb] quite a long time | 5 |
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| 30 | [modal v] [verb] [adv] a long time | 5 |
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