| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 152 |
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| 2 | [vb -s] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 42 |
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| 3 | [vb pp] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 39 |
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| 4 | seem to [be] a [noun sg] for | 27 |
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| 5 | [vb infin] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 25 |
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| 6 | [adj] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 24 |
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| 7 | [vb past] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 24 |
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| 8 | [adj] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 20 |
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| 9 | have to [be] a [noun sg] for | 18 |
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| 10 | [adv] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 17 |
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| 11 | seems to [be] a [noun sg] for | 16 |
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| 12 | [v-ing] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 15 |
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| 13 | appear to [be] a [noun sg] for | 15 |
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| 14 | [noun] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 14 |
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| 15 | going to [be] a [noun sg] for | 13 |
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| 16 | go to [be] a [noun sg] for | 13 |
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| 17 | continue to [be] a [noun sg] for | 13 |
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| 18 | be to [be] a [noun sg] for | 11 |
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| 19 | [be] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 11 |
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| 20 | [noun sg] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 9 |
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| 21 | has to [be] a [noun sg] for | 9 |
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| 22 | [was/were] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 8 |
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| 23 | get to [be] a [noun sg] for | 7 |
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| 24 | was to [be] a [noun sg] for | 7 |
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| 25 | got to [be] a [noun sg] for | 7 |
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| 26 | [adv] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 7 |
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| 27 | [vb base] to [be] a [noun sg] for | 7 |
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| 28 | seem to [be] a [noun sg] for | 6 |
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| 29 | likely to [be] a [noun sg] for | 6 |
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| 30 | supposed to [be] a [noun sg] for | 6 |
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