| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to be [verb] a [noun] | 266 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to be [verb] a [noun] | 73 |
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| 3 | seem to be [verb] a [noun] | 72 |
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| 4 | [noun] to be [verb] a [noun] | 64 |
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| 5 | [adj] to be [verb] a [noun] | 57 |
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| 6 | [vb past] to be [verb] a [noun] | 57 |
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| 7 | [adj] to be [verb] a [noun] | 50 |
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| 8 | [be] to be [verb] a [noun] | 48 |
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| 9 | be to be [verb] a [noun] | 48 |
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| 10 | [noun sg] to be [verb] a [noun] | 47 |
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| 11 | [vb base] to be [verb] a [noun] | 44 |
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| 12 | [vb -s] to be [verb] a [noun] | 36 |
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| 13 | seemed to be [verb] a [noun] | 35 |
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| 14 | [adv] to be [verb] a [noun] | 34 |
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| 15 | [v-ing] to be [verb] a [noun] | 28 |
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| 16 | [vb infin] to be [verb] a [noun] | 27 |
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| 17 | [is] to be [verb] a [noun] | 26 |
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| 18 | is to be [verb] a [noun] | 26 |
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| 19 | appear to be [verb] a [noun] | 24 |
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| 20 | have to be [verb] a [noun] | 23 |
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| 21 | [adv] to be [verb] a [noun] | 22 |
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| 22 | going to be [verb] a [noun] | 21 |
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| 23 | go to be [verb] a [noun] | 21 |
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| 24 | supposed to be [verb] a [noun] | 19 |
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| 25 | seems to be [verb] a [noun] | 19 |
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| 26 | supposed to be [verb] a [noun] | 19 |
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| 27 | [vb mod] to be [verb] a [noun] | 18 |
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| 28 | [modal v] to be [verb] a [noun] | 18 |
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| 29 | say to be [verb] a [noun] | 15 |
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| 30 | said to be [verb] a [noun] | 15 |
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