| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 299 |
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| 2 | [pron] be [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] | 279 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 245 |
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| 4 | [pron] was [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 146 |
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| 5 | [pron] be in the [num ord] [noun] | 144 |
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| 6 | [pron] be in the [num ord] [noun] | 144 |
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| 7 | it be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 112 |
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| 8 | it be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 112 |
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| 9 | [pron] be [prep] the first [noun] | 91 |
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| 10 | [pron] be on the [num ord] [noun] | 52 |
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| 11 | [pron] be on the [num ord] [noun] | 52 |
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| 12 | [pron] be [prep] the second [noun] | 50 |
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| 13 | [pron] be [prep] the last [noun] | 45 |
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| 14 | [pron] were [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 44 |
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| 15 | [pron] 's [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 37 |
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| 16 | i be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 32 |
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| 17 | i be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 32 |
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| 18 | they be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 30 |
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| 19 | they be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 29 |
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| 20 | we be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 26 |
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| 21 | [pron] be [prep] the [num ord] year | 26 |
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| 22 | [pron] be [prep] the next [noun] | 26 |
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| 23 | we be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 26 |
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| 24 | [pron] be [prep] the [num ord] year | 25 |
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| 25 | he be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 25 |
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| 26 | [Wh det] be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 25 |
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| 27 | he be [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 25 |
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| 28 | [pron] be [prep] the [num ord] century | 24 |
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| 29 | [pron] be [prep] the [num ord] century | 24 |
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| 30 | [pron] 're [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 22 |
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