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The most frequent collocations in spoken English

RK Collocations FRE
1 you know 27348
2 I think (that) 25862
3 a bit 7766
4 (always [155], never [87]) used to {INF} 7663
5 as well 5754
6 a lot of {N} 5750
7 {No.} pounds 5598
8 thank you 4789
9 {No.} years 4237
10 in fact 3009
11 very much 2818
12 {No.} pound 2719
13 talking about {sth} 2489
14 (about [91]) {No.} percent (of sth [580], in sth [54], on sth [44], for sth [38]) 2312
15 I suppose (that) 2281
16 at the moment 2176
17 a little bit 1935
18 looking at {sth} 1849
19 this morning 1846
20 (not) any more 1793
21 come on 1778
22 number {No.} 1661
23 come in (swe, sth) 1571
24 come back 1547
25 have a look 1471
26 in terms of {sth} 1463
27 last year 1347
28 so much 1334
29 {No.} years ago 1314
30 {Det-the [879], this [39], a [21]} county council 1273
31 this year 1255
32 go back 1250
33 last night 1244
34 rather than 1243
35 come out 1163
36 very good 1160
37 I hope (that [455]) {N, S V} 1155
38 {No.} times 1147
39 that way 1145
40 said well (that, what) {S V} 1135
41 at the end (of sth [737]) 1122
42 {Det-that [425], this [146], the [142]} sort of thing 1113
43 for example (if S V [30]) 1107
44 as far as 1079
45 said to {smo} 1076
46 mean (that) {S V} 1066
47 come on (to swe, smo [65]) 1059
48 {FREQUENCY, QUANTITY} a week 1056
49 all the time 1044
50 thank you very much 1041
51 too much 1034
52 over there 1017
53 that sort (of sth [953]) 1016
54 looking for {sth} 990
55 make sure (that [394]) {S V} 990
56 very well 987
57 {Det-the [47]} last week 956
58 in the morning 952
59 it seems {N, A, to INF, that S V} 945
60 next week 940
61 a number of {sth} 929
62 out there 929
63 what I mean 929
64 get in (swe, sth) 912
65 find out {sth} 908
66 know that (S V) 889
67 leave it 886
68 at home 884
69 and so on 872
70 (about [226]) {No.} minutes 867
71 (do) n't mind (sth) 862
72 other people 839
73 not really 837
74 talking to {smo} 829
75 mind you 822
76 want it 819
77 much more 816
78 looked at {sth} 805
79 the other one 805
80 (at [207], about [110], till [50], by [24]) half past {No.1∼12} 798
81 some people 797
82 this week 794
83 this time 787
84 very nice 784
85 I see 756
86 I bet (S V) 746
87 these things 742
88 call it (A, N) 737
89 (be-verb) not sure 721
90 at the time 717
91 thought that {S V} 714
92 going out 712
93 it comes 712
94 go out 711
95 quite a lot 711
96 even if 707
97 last time 704
98 hang on 701
99 believe that (S V, N) 696
100 (be-verb, become-verb) interested in {sth} 689