| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 789 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 214 |
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| 3 | [vb past] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 183 |
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| 4 | [noun] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 168 |
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| 5 | [adj] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 137 |
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| 6 | [vb -s] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 129 |
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| 7 | [adj] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 121 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 111 |
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| 9 | [vb base] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 105 |
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| 10 | seem to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 102 |
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| 11 | [vb infin] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 100 |
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| 12 | have to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 97 |
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| 13 | [vb mod] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 59 |
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| 14 | [modal v] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 59 |
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| 15 | [v-ing] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 55 |
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| 16 | appear to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 53 |
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| 17 | want to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 52 |
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| 18 | [be] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 48 |
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| 19 | happen to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 48 |
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| 20 | be to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 48 |
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| 21 | [pron] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 47 |
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| 22 | likely to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 45 |
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| 23 | likely to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 45 |
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| 24 | [noun pl] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 43 |
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| 25 | [adv] to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 41 |
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| 26 | go to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 40 |
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| 27 | going to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 39 |
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| 28 | seemed to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 37 |
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| 29 | used to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 35 |
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| 30 | used to be [prep] the [noun sg] | 35 |
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