| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [v-ing] [prep] be [adj] | 2208 |
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| 2 | [v-ing] to [be] [adj] | 2118 |
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| 3 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] [adj] | 2101 |
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| 4 | [v-ing] [prep] be [adj] | 2101 |
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| 5 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] [adj] | 1821 |
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| 6 | going [prep] [be] [adj] | 1503 |
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| 7 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] able | 204 |
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| 8 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] able | 204 |
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| 9 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] [det] | 199 |
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| 10 | trying [prep] [be] [adj] | 174 |
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| 11 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] [num] | 119 |
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| 12 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] easy | 80 |
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| 13 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] easy | 75 |
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| 14 | pretending [prep] [be] [adj] | 59 |
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| 15 | [v-ing] [prep] is [adj] | 52 |
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| 16 | [v-ing] [prep] [is] [adj] | 52 |
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| 17 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] one | 51 |
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| 18 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] one | 51 |
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| 19 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] difficult | 51 |
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| 20 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] difficult | 51 |
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| 21 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] [adj -er] | 45 |
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| 22 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] sick | 41 |
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| 23 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] late | 41 |
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| 24 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] sick | 41 |
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| 25 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] late | 41 |
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| 26 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] some | 38 |
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| 27 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] some | 38 |
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| 28 | wanting [prep] [be] [adj] | 36 |
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| 29 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] good | 34 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] [prep] [be] any | 33 |
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