| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 1819 |
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| 2 | [noun] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 1109 |
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| 3 | [be] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 701 |
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| 4 | be to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 701 |
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| 5 | [noun sg] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 699 |
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| 6 | have to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 514 |
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| 7 | [vb past] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 432 |
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| 8 | [vb -s] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 391 |
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| 9 | [adj] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 382 |
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| 10 | [noun pl] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 338 |
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| 11 | [adj] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 329 |
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| 12 | [adv] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 328 |
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| 13 | [vb pp] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 312 |
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| 14 | [is] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 307 |
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| 15 | is to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 303 |
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| 16 | [vb infin] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 291 |
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| 17 | [was/were] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 269 |
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| 18 | [vb base] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 261 |
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| 19 | need to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 234 |
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| 20 | [adv] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 225 |
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| 21 | was to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 184 |
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| 22 | had to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 165 |
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| 23 | [pron] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 146 |
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| 24 | has to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 137 |
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| 25 | seem to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 133 |
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| 26 | likely to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 132 |
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| 27 | likely to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 132 |
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| 28 | [v-ing] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 125 |
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| 29 | [am/are] to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 124 |
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| 30 | are to [be] [verb] [prep] a | 123 |
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