| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 468 |
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| 2 | seem to be [v-ing] [adj] | 186 |
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| 3 | [vb pp] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 121 |
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| 4 | [vb past] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 113 |
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| 5 | [adj] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 86 |
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| 6 | [adj] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 83 |
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| 7 | seemed to be [v-ing] [adj] | 80 |
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| 8 | [vb -s] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 70 |
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| 9 | [vb base] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 65 |
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| 10 | appear to be [v-ing] [adj] | 55 |
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| 11 | [vb infin] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 53 |
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| 12 | seems to be [v-ing] [adj] | 47 |
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| 13 | [v-ing] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 45 |
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| 14 | [noun] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 40 |
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| 15 | going to be [v-ing] [adj] | 38 |
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| 16 | go to be [v-ing] [adj] | 38 |
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| 17 | seem to be [v-ing] [adj] | 32 |
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| 18 | likely to be [v-ing] [adj] | 31 |
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| 19 | likely to be [v-ing] [adj] | 31 |
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| 20 | [modal v] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 24 |
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| 21 | [vb mod] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 24 |
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| 22 | [noun sg] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 24 |
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| 23 | supposed to be [v-ing] [adj] | 23 |
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| 24 | ought to be [v-ing] [adj] | 23 |
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| 25 | supposed to be [v-ing] [adj] | 23 |
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| 26 | [pron] to be [v-ing] [adj] | 23 |
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| 27 | ought to be [v-ing] [adj] | 23 |
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| 28 | say to be [v-ing] [adj] | 22 |
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| 29 | seem to be [v-ing] [adj] | 22 |
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| 30 | said to be [v-ing] [adj] | 21 |
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