| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 229 |
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| 2 | make sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 227 |
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| 3 | be sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 160 |
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| 4 | [be] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 160 |
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| 5 | [am/are] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 94 |
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| 6 | to make sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 83 |
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| 7 | [to-vb] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 83 |
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| 8 | [vb base] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 74 |
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| 9 | make sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 73 |
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| 10 | am sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 69 |
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| 11 | [adv] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 66 |
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| 12 | [adv] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 43 |
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| 13 | be sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 42 |
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| 14 | [be] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 42 |
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| 15 | making sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 32 |
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| 16 | [v-ing] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 32 |
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| 17 | not sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 23 |
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| 18 | [not/n't] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 23 |
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| 19 | [vb infin] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 21 |
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| 20 | make sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 21 |
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| 21 | [was/were] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 22 | not sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 23 | was sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 24 | quite sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 16 |
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| 25 | quite sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 16 |
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| 26 | 'm sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 27 | [vb past] sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 10 |
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| 28 | made sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 9 |
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| 29 | are sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 30 | absolutely sure [conj] the [noun sg] | 6 |
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