| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [conj] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 268 |
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| 2 | [noun] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 136 |
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| 3 | [verb] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 127 |
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| 4 | that they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 114 |
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| 5 | [that] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 114 |
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| 6 | that they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 114 |
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| 7 | [noun sg] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 93 |
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| 8 | [adv] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 91 |
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| 9 | [coord] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 80 |
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| 10 | [subord] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 74 |
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| 11 | [pron] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 66 |
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| 12 | [adv] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 64 |
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| 13 | and they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 60 |
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| 14 | and they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 60 |
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| 15 | [Wh det] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 53 |
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| 16 | [vb past] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 45 |
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| 17 | what they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 40 |
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| 18 | what they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 40 |
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| 19 | [vb base] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 40 |
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| 20 | [noun pl] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 37 |
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| 21 | [adj] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 26 |
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| 22 | [Wh adv] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 23 |
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| 23 | think they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 22 |
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| 24 | say they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 21 |
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| 25 | know they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 15 |
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| 26 | [vb infin] they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 14 |
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| 27 | but they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 13 |
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| 28 | but they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 13 |
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| 29 | which they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 13 |
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| 30 | which they [modal v] be [v-ing] | 13 |
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