No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [vb past] to be [verb] | 8521 | |
2 | [vb past] to be [vb pp] | 6807 | |
3 | had to be [verb] | 3704 | |
4 | [vb past] to be [v-ing] | 1682 | |
5 | seemed to be [verb] | 1385 | |
6 | came to be [verb] | 484 | |
7 | appeared to be [verb] | 409 | |
8 | needed to be [verb] | 339 | |
9 | [vb past] to be do | 281 | |
10 | continued to be [verb] | 266 | |
11 | began to be [verb] | 263 | |
12 | [vb past] to be make | 240 | |
13 | [vb past] to be done | 237 | |
14 | [vb past] to be take | 204 | |
15 | [vb past] to be made | 200 | |
16 | [vb past] to be taken | 162 | |
17 | wanted to be [verb] | 151 | |
18 | [vb past] to be see | 134 | |
19 | tended to be [verb] | 133 | |
20 | [vb past] to be seen | 128 | |
21 | refused to be [verb] | 124 | |
22 | happened to be [verb] | 121 | |
23 | [vb past] to be use | 111 | |
24 | [vb past] to be used | 102 | |
25 | expected to be [verb] | 95 | |
26 | [vb past] to be know | 94 | |
27 | [vb past] to be known | 94 | |
28 | [vb past] to be give | 88 | |
29 | [vb past] to be call | 87 | |
30 | [vb past] to be carry | 86 |