| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 1701 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 477 |
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| 3 | [vb -s] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 454 |
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| 4 | seem to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 303 |
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| 5 | [vb past] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 287 |
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| 6 | [adj] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 240 |
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| 7 | [vb infin] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 238 |
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| 8 | [adj] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 215 |
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| 9 | [adv] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 199 |
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| 10 | [noun] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 176 |
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| 11 | appear to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 172 |
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| 12 | have to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 167 |
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| 13 | [v-ing] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 161 |
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| 14 | seems to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 158 |
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| 15 | be to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 139 |
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| 16 | [be] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 139 |
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| 17 | [noun sg] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 126 |
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| 18 | [pron] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 110 |
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| 19 | go to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 110 |
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| 20 | going to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 108 |
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| 21 | [modal v] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 105 |
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| 22 | [vb mod] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 105 |
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| 23 | [adv prt] to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 100 |
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| 24 | likely to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 96 |
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| 25 | likely to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 95 |
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| 26 | appears to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 87 |
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| 27 | used to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 87 |
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| 28 | used to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 87 |
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| 29 | out to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 86 |
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| 30 | out to [be] a [noun] [prep] | 86 |
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