| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 458 |
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| 2 | [be] [prep] [noun] [coord] [verb] | 373 |
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| 3 | [be] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] | 340 |
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| 4 | [be] [prep] [noun] and [verb] | 315 |
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| 5 | [be] [prep] [noun] and [verb] | 315 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 153 |
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| 7 | [be] in [noun] [conj] [verb] | 150 |
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| 8 | [be] [prep] [noun] [conj] [vb past] | 139 |
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| 9 | [is] [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 118 |
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| 10 | [be] [prep] [noun] [conj] [v-ing] | 117 |
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| 11 | [be] [prep] [noun] [conj] [vb base] | 109 |
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| 12 | was [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 101 |
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| 13 | is [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 101 |
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| 14 | [be] on [noun] [conj] [verb] | 80 |
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| 15 | [be] [prep] [noun prp] [conj] [verb] | 72 |
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| 16 | [am/are] [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 66 |
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| 17 | [be] [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 61 |
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| 18 | be [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 61 |
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| 19 | [be] [prep] [noun] [conj] have | 54 |
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| 20 | were [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 52 |
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| 21 | [be] [prep] [noun] [subord] [verb] | 51 |
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| 22 | are [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 50 |
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| 23 | [been] [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 47 |
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| 24 | been [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] | 47 |
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| 25 | [be] [prep] [noun] [conj] [vb pp] | 44 |
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| 26 | [be] [prep] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] | 41 |
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| 27 | [be] at [noun] [conj] [verb] | 40 |
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| 28 | [be] [prep] [noun] or [verb] | 39 |
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| 29 | [be] [prep] [noun] or [verb] | 39 |
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| 30 | [be] [prep] [noun] [conj] [vb -s] | 36 |
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