| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [vb past] that they could | 147 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] that they could | 70 |
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| 3 | [v-ing] that they could | 36 |
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| 4 | [to-vb] that they could | 36 |
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| 5 | say that they could | 30 |
|
| 6 | think that they could | 27 |
|
| 7 | [vb infin] that they could | 26 |
|
| 8 | believe that they could | 25 |
|
| 9 | know that they could | 25 |
|
| 10 | feel that they could | 23 |
|
| 11 | [vb base] that they could | 23 |
|
| 12 | mean that they could | 21 |
|
| 13 | meant that they could | 17 |
|
| 14 | knew that they could | 14 |
|
| 15 | felt that they could | 14 |
|
| 16 | find that they could | 13 |
|
| 17 | thought that they could | 12 |
|
| 18 | realise that they could | 10 |
|
| 19 | found that they could | 10 |
|
| 20 | said that they could | 10 |
|
| 21 | tell that they could | 9 |
|
| 22 | show that they could | 9 |
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| 23 | told that they could | 9 |
|
| 24 | decide that they could | 8 |
|
| 25 | discover that they could | 8 |
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| 26 | saying that they could | 8 |
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| 27 | believed that they could | 8 |
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| 28 | demonstrate that they could | 6 |
|
| 29 | to believe that they could | 6 |
|
| 30 | [vb -s] that they could | 5 |
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