No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [verb] they could [adv] [vb infin] | 163 | |
2 | [verb] they could [adv] [vb infin] | 161 | |
3 | [verb] they could [not/n't] [vb infin] | 122 | |
4 | [verb] they could not [vb infin] | 120 | |
5 | [vb past] they could [adv] [vb infin] | 100 | |
6 | [verb] they could n't [vb infin] | 69 | |
7 | [verb] they could not [vb infin] | 51 | |
8 | say they could [adv] [vb infin] | 47 | |
9 | [verb] they could [adv] [vb infin] | 41 | |
10 | said they could [adv] [vb infin] | 35 | |
11 | [vb base] they could [adv] [vb infin] | 26 | |
12 | [verb] they could [adv] afford | 15 | |
13 | [verb] they could [adv] have | 13 | |
14 | feel they could [adv] [vb infin] | 13 | |
15 | felt they could [adv] [vb infin] | 12 | |
16 | think they could [adv] [vb infin] | 12 | |
17 | [verb] they could [adv] get | 11 | |
18 | [vb pp] they could [adv] [vb infin] | 11 | |
19 | [verb] they could [adv] do | 10 | |
20 | know they could [adv] [vb infin] | 9 | |
21 | [v-ing] they could [adv] [vb infin] | 9 | |
22 | find they could [adv] [vb infin] | 8 | |
23 | thought they could [adv] [vb infin] | 8 | |
24 | [vb infin] they could [adv] [vb infin] | 7 | |
25 | [vb -s] they could [adv] [vb infin] | 6 | |
26 | found they could [adv] [vb infin] | 6 | |
27 | knew they could [adv] [vb infin] | 6 | |
28 | [verb] they could [adv] see | 6 | |
29 | [verb] they could only [vb infin] | 5 | |
30 | believe they could [adv] [vb infin] | 5 |