No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [v-ing] to be | 8901 | |
2 | [v-ing] to be | 8824 | |
3 | going to be | 5950 | |
4 | waiting to be | 392 | |
5 | trying to be | 308 | |
6 | pretending to be | 209 | |
7 | beginning to be | 180 | |
8 | having to be | 147 | |
9 | wanting to be | 136 | |
10 | proving to be | 102 | |
11 | claiming to be | 100 | |
12 | hoping to be | 67 | |
13 | expecting to be | 65 | |
14 | needing to be | 56 | |
15 | refusing to be | 53 | |
16 | appearing to be | 47 | |
17 | wishing to be | 43 | |
18 | ceasing to be | 42 | |
19 | coming to be | 41 | |
20 | purporting to be | 40 | |
21 | asking to be | 38 | |
22 | learning to be | 36 | |
23 | seeming to be | 36 | |
24 | training to be | 33 | |
25 | demanding to be | 31 | |
26 | continuing to be | 30 | |
27 | [v-ing] to is | 28 | |
28 | tending to be | 25 | |
29 | getting to be | 25 | |
30 | referring to be | 23 |