No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | they [verb] to be | 2075 | |
2 | they [verb] to be | 1989 | |
3 | they [vb base] to be | 1271 | |
4 | they [vb past] to be | 712 | |
5 | they have to be | 480 | |
6 | they seem to be | 310 | |
7 | they have to be | 256 | |
8 | they need to be | 219 | |
9 | they had to be | 203 | |
10 | they need to be | 190 | |
11 | they tend to be | 184 | |
12 | they seem to be | 169 | |
13 | they tend to be | 157 | |
14 | they want to be | 144 | |
15 | they seemed to be | 137 | |
16 | they appear to be | 116 | |
17 | they want to be | 103 | |
18 | them [verb] to be | 93 | |
19 | they appear to be | 72 | |
20 | they consider to be | 67 | |
21 | they happen to be | 49 | |
22 | they consider to be | 45 | |
23 | they appeared to be | 39 | |
24 | they [vb infin] to be | 39 | |
25 | they believe to be | 36 | |
26 | they wanted to be | 35 | |
27 | they come to be | 31 | |
28 | they happen to be | 31 | |
29 | they [v-ing] to be | 30 | |
30 | they claim to be | 28 |