| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 326 |
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| 2 | [vb past] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 116 |
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| 3 | seem [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 111 |
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| 4 | [vb pp] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 75 |
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| 5 | [adj] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 58 |
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| 6 | seemed [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 57 |
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| 7 | [adj] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 55 |
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| 8 | [vb base] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 45 |
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| 9 | [vb -s] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 40 |
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| 10 | appear [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 39 |
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| 11 | [noun] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 29 |
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| 12 | [v-ing] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 25 |
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| 13 | seems [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 25 |
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| 14 | happen [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 25 |
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| 15 | [vb infin] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 25 |
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| 16 | supposed [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 22 |
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| 17 | supposed [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 22 |
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| 18 | going [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 21 |
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| 19 | go [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 21 |
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| 20 | [noun sg] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 21 |
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| 21 | seem [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 18 |
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| 22 | happened [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 18 |
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| 23 | appeared [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 17 |
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| 24 | [modal v] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 14 |
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| 25 | [adv] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 14 |
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| 26 | [vb mod] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 14 |
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| 27 | likely [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 13 |
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| 28 | likely [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 13 |
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| 29 | [pron] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 12 |
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| 30 | [pers pn] [prep] be [v-ing] [prep] the | 12 |
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