| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 623 |
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| 2 | [verb] [pers pn] be the [adj] [noun sg] | 622 |
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| 3 | [verb] it [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 401 |
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| 4 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 315 |
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| 5 | [verb] [pers pn] [is] the [adj] [noun sg] | 279 |
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| 6 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] [noun sg] | 268 |
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| 7 | [verb] [pers pn] was the [adj] [noun sg] | 248 |
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| 8 | [vb base] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 219 |
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| 9 | [vb past] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 186 |
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| 10 | [verb] [pers pn] 's the [adj] [noun sg] | 184 |
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| 11 | think [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 161 |
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| 12 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the [adj -est] [noun sg] | 150 |
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| 13 | say [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 131 |
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| 14 | [verb] [pers pn] is the [adj] [noun sg] | 94 |
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| 15 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the [num ord] [noun sg] | 88 |
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| 16 | [vb infin] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 82 |
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| 17 | think [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 81 |
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| 18 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the good [noun sg] | 78 |
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| 19 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the best [noun sg] | 72 |
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| 20 | [vb -s] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 67 |
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| 21 | [verb] [pers pn] [am/are] the [adj] [noun sg] | 66 |
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| 22 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the only [noun sg] | 64 |
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| 23 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the only [noun sg] | 64 |
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| 24 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] thing | 64 |
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| 25 | [verb] he [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 61 |
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| 26 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the first [noun sg] | 59 |
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| 27 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the first [noun sg] | 59 |
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| 28 | said [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] | 51 |
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| 29 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the [det] [noun sg] | 48 |
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| 30 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the same [noun sg] | 48 |
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