No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [verb] to be | 91833 | |
2 | [verb] to be | 91055 | |
3 | [vb pp] to be | 20329 | |
4 | [vb past] to be | 18246 | |
5 | have to be | 18027 | |
6 | [vb -s] to be | 16991 | |
7 | [vb base] to be | 13651 | |
8 | [vb infin] to be | 13196 | |
9 | seem to be | 9566 | |
10 | [v-ing] to be | 8901 | |
11 | need to be | 7366 | |
12 | go to be | 6025 | |
13 | going to be | 5950 | |
14 | had to be | 5409 | |
15 | appear to be | 5099 | |
16 | has to be | 4534 | |
17 | have to be | 4230 | |
18 | want to be | 3756 | |
19 | seems to be | 3440 | |
20 | have to be | 3285 | |
21 | seemed to be | 3083 | |
22 | tend to be | 2740 | |
23 | needs to be | 2622 | |
24 | need to be | 2391 | |
25 | prove to be | 1919 | |
26 | say to be | 1902 | |
27 | expect to be | 1900 | |
28 | appears to be | 1810 | |
29 | continue to be | 1788 | |
30 | said to be | 1664 |