| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | for a [adv] long time | 176 |
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| 2 | for a [adv] long time | 176 |
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| 3 | for a very long time | 160 |
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| 4 | for a very long time | 160 |
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| 5 | for a [adj] long time | 19 |
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| 6 | for a [adj] long time | 19 |
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| 7 | for a long long time | 14 |
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| 8 | for a long long time | 14 |
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| 9 | [noun] for a long time | 382 |
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| 10 | [verb] for a long time | 380 |
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| 11 | [noun sg] for a long time | 286 |
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| 12 | [adv] for a long time | 200 |
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| 13 | [vb pp] for a long time | 169 |
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| 14 | [adj] for a long time | 160 |
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| 15 | [pron] for a long time | 149 |
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| 16 | [pers pn] for a long time | 129 |
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| 17 | [adv] for a long time | 107 |
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| 18 | [adj] for a long time | 103 |
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| 19 | [vb past] for a long time | 86 |
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| 20 | [adv prt] for a long time | 80 |
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| 21 | [conj] for a long time | 58 |
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| 22 | [noun pl] for a long time | 56 |
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| 23 | [det] for a long time | 52 |
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| 24 | it for a long time | 46 |
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| 25 | it for a long time | 46 |
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| 26 | [coord] for a long time | 43 |
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| 27 | [v-ing] for a long time | 43 |
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| 28 | have for a long time | 40 |
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| 29 | on for a long time | 38 |
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| 30 | on for a long time | 38 |
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