| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | be [vb pp] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 254 |
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| 2 | be [verb] [prep] a second [noun sg] | 103 |
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| 3 | be [verb] [prep] a third [noun sg] | 76 |
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| 4 | be [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 76 |
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| 5 | be [verb] as a [num ord] [noun sg] | 63 |
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| 6 | was [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 59 |
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| 7 | be [verb] by a [num ord] [noun sg] | 55 |
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| 8 | be [verb] for a [num ord] [noun sg] | 51 |
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| 9 | is [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 45 |
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| 10 | be [verb] [prep] a first [noun sg] | 36 |
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| 11 | be [verb] [prep] a [num ord] party | 32 |
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| 12 | been [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 32 |
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| 13 | be [verb] [prep] a last [noun sg] | 30 |
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| 14 | were [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 28 |
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| 15 | be [verb] [prep] a [num ord] resort | 25 |
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| 16 | be [verb] in a [num ord] [noun sg] | 24 |
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| 17 | be [verb] to a [num ord] [noun sg] | 22 |
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| 18 | be used [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 21 |
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| 19 | be use [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 21 |
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| 20 | be [v-ing] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 21 | are [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 22 | be [verb] [prep] a fourth [noun sg] | 18 |
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| 23 | being [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 16 |
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| 24 | be [verb] with a [num ord] [noun sg] | 15 |
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| 25 | be seen [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 26 | be [verb] [prep] a [num ord] term | 14 |
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| 27 | be see [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 28 | be [verb] [prep] a [num ord] step | 10 |
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| 29 | be [verb] [prep] a [num ord] time | 10 |
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| 30 | be [verb] into a [num ord] [noun sg] | 8 |
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