No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [was/were] [adv] to be | 1327 | |
2 | was [adv] to be | 961 | |
3 | [was/were] [adv] to be | 625 | |
4 | [was/were] not to be | 530 | |
5 | [was/were] [not/n't] to be | 530 | |
6 | [was/were] not to be | 477 | |
7 | were [adv] to be | 368 | |
8 | [was/were] [adv prt] to be | 174 | |
9 | [was/were] about to be | 172 | |
10 | [was/were] about to be | 172 | |
11 | [was/were] also to be | 70 | |
12 | [was/were] also to be | 70 | |
13 | [was/were] nowhere to be | 67 | |
14 | [was/were] nowhere to be | 67 | |
15 | [was/were] n't to be | 53 | |
16 | [was/were] soon to be | 49 | |
17 | [was/were] soon to be | 49 | |
18 | [was/were] only to be | 48 | |
19 | [was/were] only to be | 48 | |
20 | [was/were] later to be | 44 | |
21 | [was/were] later to be | 44 | |
22 | [was/were] now to be | 41 | |
23 | [was/were] now to be | 41 | |
24 | [was/were] there to be | 33 | |
25 | [was/were] there to be | 33 | |
26 | [was/were] never to be | 28 | |
27 | [was/were] never to be | 28 | |
28 | [was/were] still to be | 24 | |
29 | [was/were] still to be | 24 | |
30 | [was/were] ever to be | 20 |