| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 595 |
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| 2 | [noun sg] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 439 |
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| 3 | [verb] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 387 |
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| 4 | [vb pp] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 244 |
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| 5 | [adv] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 171 |
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| 6 | [adv] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 134 |
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| 7 | [noun pl] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 128 |
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| 8 | [conj] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 82 |
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| 9 | [adj] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 61 |
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| 10 | [pron] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 59 |
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| 11 | [coord] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 52 |
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| 12 | [vb base] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 33 |
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| 13 | [adv prt] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 32 |
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| 14 | [pers pn] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 30 |
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| 15 | [vb infin] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 30 |
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| 16 | begin by [v-ing] [prep] the | 29 |
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| 17 | and by [v-ing] [prep] the | 27 |
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| 18 | and by [v-ing] [prep] the | 27 |
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| 19 | [adj] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 26 |
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| 20 | [pn reflx] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 25 |
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| 21 | [vb past] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 24 |
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| 22 | start by [v-ing] [prep] the | 24 |
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| 23 | [vb -s] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 24 |
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| 24 | [noun prp] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 22 |
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| 25 | [to-vb] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 20 |
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| 26 | [det] by [v-ing] [prep] the | 19 |
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| 27 | do by [v-ing] [prep] the | 19 |
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| 28 | it by [v-ing] [prep] the | 18 |
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| 29 | it by [v-ing] [prep] the | 18 |
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| 30 | only by [v-ing] [prep] the | 18 |
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