| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 224 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 60 |
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| 3 | seem to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 58 |
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| 4 | [noun] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 55 |
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| 5 | [adj] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 49 |
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| 6 | [vb past] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 48 |
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| 7 | [adj] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 42 |
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| 8 | be to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 41 |
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| 9 | [be] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 41 |
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| 10 | [vb base] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 39 |
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| 11 | [noun sg] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 38 |
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| 12 | [vb -s] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 28 |
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| 13 | seemed to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 28 |
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| 14 | [v-ing] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 26 |
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| 15 | [vb infin] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 22 |
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| 16 | appear to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 21 |
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| 17 | [adv] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 21 |
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| 18 | have to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 19 | go to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 20 | is to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 21 | [is] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 22 | going to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 23 | [vb mod] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 16 |
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| 24 | [modal v] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 16 |
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| 25 | supposed to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 15 |
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| 26 | seems to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 15 |
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| 27 | supposed to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 15 |
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| 28 | [adv] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 29 | [was/were] to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 12 |
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| 30 | seem to [be] [verb] a [noun sg] | 12 |
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