| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | could be [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 168 |
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| 2 | could [be] [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 168 |
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| 3 | could [be] [vb pp] [verb] the [noun] | 166 |
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| 4 | could [be] [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] | 155 |
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| 5 | could [be] [verb] [verb] the [noun sg] | 133 |
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| 6 | could [be] use [verb] the [noun] | 47 |
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| 7 | could [be] used [verb] the [noun] | 47 |
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| 8 | could [be] [verb] [verb] the [noun pl] | 27 |
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| 9 | could [be] done [verb] the [noun] | 13 |
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| 10 | could [be] do [verb] the [noun] | 13 |
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| 11 | could [be] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 11 |
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| 12 | could [be] say [verb] the [noun] | 8 |
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| 13 | could [be] said [verb] the [noun] | 8 |
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| 14 | could [be] make [verb] the [noun] | 6 |
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| 15 | could [be] see [verb] the [noun] | 6 |
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| 16 | could [be] seen [verb] the [noun] | 6 |
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| 17 | could [be] made [verb] the [noun] | 6 |
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| 18 | could [be] expect [verb] the [noun] | 6 |
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| 19 | could [be] expected [verb] the [noun] | 6 |
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| 20 | could [be] [verb] [verb] the [noun prp] | 5 |
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| 21 | could [be] [verb] to improve the [noun] | 5 |
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| 22 | could [be] [verb] improve the [noun] | 5 |
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