| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [pers pn] be the [noun] | 1053 |
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| 2 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the [noun sg] | 893 |
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| 3 | [verb] it [be] the [noun] | 614 |
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| 4 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] the [noun] | 498 |
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| 5 | [verb] [pers pn] was the [noun] | 453 |
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| 6 | [verb] [pers pn] [is] the [noun] | 427 |
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| 7 | [vb base] [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 365 |
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| 8 | [vb past] [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 293 |
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| 9 | think [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 287 |
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| 10 | [verb] [pers pn] 's the [noun] | 266 |
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| 11 | say [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 164 |
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| 12 | [verb] [pers pn] is the [noun] | 160 |
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| 13 | think [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 136 |
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| 14 | [verb] [pers pn] [be] the [noun pl] | 119 |
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| 15 | [vb -s] [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 116 |
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| 16 | [verb] [pers pn] [am/are] the [noun] | 110 |
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| 17 | [verb] he [be] the [noun] | 106 |
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| 18 | [vb infin] [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 106 |
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| 19 | know [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 75 |
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| 20 | thought [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 75 |
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| 21 | [v-ing] [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 68 |
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| 22 | [vb pp] [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 58 |
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| 23 | said [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 54 |
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| 24 | [verb] you [be] the [noun] | 52 |
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| 25 | [verb] i [be] the [noun] | 50 |
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| 26 | [to-vb] [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 49 |
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| 27 | [verb] [pers pn] are the [noun] | 46 |
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| 28 | think [pers pn] [be] the [noun] | 45 |
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| 29 | [verb] me [be] the [noun] | 45 |
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| 30 | [verb] [pers pn] were the [noun] | 44 |
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