SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	the [noun] [verb] to be	3790
2	the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] be	2763
3	the [noun] [vb -s] [prep] be	1529
4	the [noun] [vb past] [prep] be	1448
5	the [noun] have [prep] be	1225
6	the [noun pl] [verb] [prep] be	838
7	the [noun] seem [prep] be	668
8	the [noun] had [prep] be	553
9	the [noun] [vb base] [prep] be	546
10	the [noun] has [prep] be	498
11	the [noun] appear [prep] be	389
12	the [noun] need [prep] be	344
13	the [noun] seems [prep] be	289
14	the [noun] seemed [prep] be	278
15	the [noun] needs [prep] be	221
16	the [noun] appears [prep] be	168
17	the [noun] tend [prep] be	166
18	the [noun] have [prep] be	152
19	the [noun prp] [verb] [prep] be	138
20	the [noun] appeared [prep] be	131
21	the [noun] [vb pp] [prep] be	130
22	the [noun] seem [prep] be	94
23	the [noun] continue [prep] be	84
24	the [noun] prove [prep] be	83
25	the [noun] [v-ing] [prep] be	82
26	the [noun] appear [prep] be	78
27	the [noun] tends [prep] be	67
28	the [noun] proved [prep] be	66
29	the [noun] need [prep] be	65
30	the [noun] come [prep] be	61