| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] [verb] to be | 449 |
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| 2 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] to [be] | 401 |
|
| 3 | [noun] [noun] was [verb] to [be] | 315 |
|
| 4 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] to [be] | 304 |
|
| 5 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] to [be] | 227 |
|
| 6 | [noun] [noun] were [verb] to [be] | 134 |
|
| 7 | [noun prp] [noun] [was/were] [verb] to [be] | 128 |
|
| 8 | [noun] [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] to [be] | 115 |
|
| 9 | [noun] [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] to [be] | 97 |
|
| 10 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] find to [be] | 69 |
|
| 11 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] found to [be] | 69 |
|
| 12 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] to [be] | 48 |
|
| 13 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] said to [be] | 45 |
|
| 14 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] say to [be] | 45 |
|
| 15 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] report to [be] | 44 |
|
| 16 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] reported to [be] | 44 |
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| 17 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] going to [be] | 34 |
|
| 18 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] go to [be] | 34 |
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| 19 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] expect to [be] | 28 |
|
| 20 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] expected to [be] | 27 |
|
| 21 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] considered to [be] | 24 |
|
| 22 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] thought to [be] | 24 |
|
| 23 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] consider to [be] | 24 |
|
| 24 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] think to [be] | 24 |
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| 25 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] seen to [be] | 17 |
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| 26 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] see to [be] | 17 |
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| 27 | [noun pl] [noun] [was/were] [verb] to [be] | 13 |
|
| 28 | mr [noun] [was/were] [verb] to [be] | 13 |
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| 29 | mr [noun] [was/were] [verb] to [be] | 13 |
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| 30 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] held to [be] | 12 |
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