VERB + PATTERN
- have
- The jumper has a geometric pattern on it
- design, make, print, produce, weave
PREP
- in a/the ~
- He had arranged the glasses in a pattern on the table
- ~ on
- the pattern on the carpet
ADJ
- basic, existing, familiar, normal, predictable, regular, set, traditional
- There is no set pattern for these meetings
- changing, ever-changing
- complex
- main
- overall
- The overall pattern of our life changes little
- behaviour
- employment
- weather
VERB + PATTERN
- establish, set
- follow
- Their actions follow a very predictable pattern
- fall into, fit into
- ideas that do not fit neatly into his patterns of thought
- show
- 67% of patients showed a similar pattern of improvement
PATTERN + VERB
- develop, emerge
- Similar patterns are emerging all over Eastern Europe
- change
PREP
- ~ for
- the normal pattern for a boy/girl relationship
- ~ in
- the main patterns in English spelling
- ~ of
- patterns of behaviour