| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] the best [pers pn] | 125 |
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| 2 | [be] the best [pers pn] | 101 |
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| 3 | be the best [pers pn] | 101 |
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| 4 | do the best [pers pn] | 97 |
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| 5 | [is] the best [pers pn] | 54 |
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| 6 | [prep] the best [pers pn] | 45 |
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| 7 | [prep] the best [pers pn] | 45 |
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| 8 | [was/were] the best [pers pn] | 39 |
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| 9 | was the best [pers pn] | 37 |
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| 10 | [vb base] the best [pers pn] | 35 |
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| 11 | 's the best [pers pn] | 28 |
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| 12 | is the best [pers pn] | 26 |
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| 13 | [v-ing] the best [pers pn] | 25 |
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| 14 | do the best [pers pn] | 24 |
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| 15 | of the best [pers pn] | 24 |
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| 16 | [adv] the best [pers pn] | 24 |
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| 17 | of the best [pers pn] | 24 |
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| 18 | [conj] the best [pers pn] | 24 |
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| 19 | doing the best [pers pn] | 22 |
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| 20 | [to-vb] the best [pers pn] | 21 |
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| 21 | [adv] the best [pers pn] | 20 |
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| 22 | [coord] the best [pers pn] | 19 |
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| 23 | to do the best [pers pn] | 17 |
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| 24 | [vb past] the best [pers pn] | 15 |
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| 25 | [vb infin] the best [pers pn] | 13 |
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| 26 | [noun] the best [pers pn] | 13 |
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| 27 | did the best [pers pn] | 12 |
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| 28 | and the best [pers pn] | 11 |
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| 29 | and the best [pers pn] | 11 |
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| 30 | [vb pp] the best [pers pn] | 11 |
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