| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [vb mod] [pers pn] | 801 |
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| 2 | [verb] [modal v] you | 335 |
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| 3 | [verb] can [pers pn] | 311 |
|
| 4 | [verb] can [pers pn] | 311 |
|
| 5 | say [modal v] [pers pn] | 266 |
|
| 6 | [vb base] [modal v] [pers pn] | 202 |
|
| 7 | [verb] [modal v] i | 181 |
|
| 8 | [vb past] [modal v] [pers pn] | 170 |
|
| 9 | [vb infin] [modal v] [pers pn] | 165 |
|
| 10 | [verb] would [pers pn] | 155 |
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| 11 | [verb] will [pers pn] | 146 |
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| 12 | [verb] will [pers pn] | 145 |
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| 13 | [verb] would [pers pn] | 144 |
|
| 14 | said [modal v] [pers pn] | 140 |
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| 15 | [verb] [modal v] we | 96 |
|
| 16 | [vb pp] [modal v] [pers pn] | 82 |
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| 17 | [verb] could [pers pn] | 68 |
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| 18 | [verb] could [pers pn] | 68 |
|
| 19 | [vb -s] [modal v] [pers pn] | 66 |
|
| 20 | [verb] should [pers pn] | 62 |
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| 21 | [verb] should [pers pn] | 62 |
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| 22 | [to-vb] [modal v] [pers pn] | 59 |
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| 23 | [verb] [modal v] they | 59 |
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| 24 | [v-ing] [modal v] [pers pn] | 57 |
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| 25 | [verb] [modal v] it | 56 |
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| 26 | mean [modal v] [pers pn] | 47 |
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| 27 | mean [modal v] [pers pn] | 45 |
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| 28 | [verb] [modal v] he | 45 |
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| 29 | [verb] shall [pers pn] | 40 |
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| 30 | [verb] shall [pers pn] | 40 |
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