| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a time [prep] [pron] | 36 |
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| 2 | [prep] a time [prep] [pron] | 36 |
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| 3 | at a time [prep] [pron] | 20 |
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| 4 | at a time [prep] [pron] | 20 |
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| 5 | [verb] a time [prep] [pron] | 18 |
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| 6 | be a time [prep] [pron] | 8 |
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| 7 | [be] a time [prep] [pron] | 8 |
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| 8 | for a time [prep] [pron] | 7 |
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| 9 | for a time [prep] [pron] | 7 |
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| 10 | [vb infin] a time [prep] [pron] | 7 |
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| 11 | [adv] a time [prep] [pron] | 6 |
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| 12 | [adj] a time [prep] [pron] | 5 |
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| 13 | [vb pp] a time [prep] [pron] | 5 |
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| 14 | [adv] a time [prep] [pron] | 5 |
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| 15 | a [adj] time [prep] [pron] | 255 |
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| 16 | a [adj] time [prep] [pron] | 210 |
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| 17 | a long time [prep] [pron] | 56 |
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| 18 | a long time [prep] [pron] | 56 |
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| 19 | a good time [prep] [pron] | 20 |
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| 20 | a little time [prep] [pron] | 18 |
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| 21 | a [det] time [prep] [pron] | 18 |
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| 22 | a little time [prep] [pron] | 18 |
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| 23 | a hard time [prep] [pron] | 16 |
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| 24 | a [adj -er] time [prep] [pron] | 16 |
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| 25 | a good time [prep] [pron] | 16 |
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| 26 | a hard time [prep] [pron] | 15 |
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| 27 | a short time [prep] [pron] | 12 |
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| 28 | a [num ord] time [prep] [pron] | 11 |
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| 29 | a short time [prep] [pron] | 11 |
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| 30 | a difficult time [prep] [pron] | 10 |
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