| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a long period [prep] [noun sg] | 128 |
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| 2 | [prep] a long period of [noun] | 127 |
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| 3 | [prep] a long period [prep] [noun] | 122 |
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| 4 | [prep] a long period [prep] time | 98 |
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| 5 | [prep] a long period [prep] time | 98 |
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| 6 | over a long period [prep] [noun] | 84 |
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| 7 | for a long period [prep] [noun] | 23 |
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| 8 | [prep] a longer period [prep] [noun] | 12 |
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| 9 | after a long period [prep] [noun] | 11 |
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