| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 1477 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 407 |
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| 3 | [vb -s] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 383 |
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| 4 | seem to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 266 |
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| 5 | [vb past] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 253 |
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| 6 | [adj] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 207 |
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| 7 | [vb infin] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 205 |
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| 8 | [adj] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 184 |
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| 9 | [adv] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 173 |
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| 10 | [noun] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 152 |
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| 11 | [v-ing] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 150 |
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| 12 | appear to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 143 |
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| 13 | have to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 139 |
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| 14 | seems to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 137 |
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| 15 | be to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 127 |
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| 16 | [be] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 127 |
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| 17 | [noun sg] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 110 |
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| 18 | go to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 105 |
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| 19 | going to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 103 |
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| 20 | [modal v] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 102 |
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| 21 | [vb mod] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 102 |
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| 22 | [pron] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 101 |
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| 23 | [adv prt] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 88 |
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| 24 | used to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 85 |
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| 25 | used to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 85 |
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| 26 | likely to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 79 |
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| 27 | likely to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 78 |
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| 28 | out to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 78 |
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| 29 | out to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 78 |
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| 30 | [was/were] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 76 |
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