| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | could [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] | 82 |
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| 2 | could [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] | 43 |
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| 3 | could [not/n't] be [vb pp] [adj] | 39 |
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| 4 | could not be [vb pp] [adj] | 39 |
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| 5 | could not be [vb pp] [adj] | 30 |
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| 6 | could n't be [vb pp] [adj] | 9 |
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| 7 | could only be [vb pp] [adj] | 8 |
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| 8 | could only be [vb pp] [adj] | 8 |
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| 9 | could [pers pn] be [vb pp] [adj] | 5 |
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| 10 | could [pron] be [vb pp] [adj] | 5 |
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| 11 | [noun] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 120 |
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| 12 | [noun sg] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 65 |
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| 13 | [pron] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 64 |
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| 14 | [noun pl] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 49 |
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| 15 | [pers pn] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 39 |
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| 16 | [Wh det] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 20 |
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| 17 | [conj] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 19 |
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| 18 | it could be [vb pp] [adj] | 16 |
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| 19 | which could be [vb pp] [adj] | 16 |
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| 20 | which could be [vb pp] [adj] | 16 |
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| 21 | it could be [vb pp] [adj] | 16 |
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| 22 | [adj] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 15 |
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| 23 | they could be [vb pp] [adj] | 14 |
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| 24 | they could be [vb pp] [adj] | 14 |
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| 25 | [det] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 12 |
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| 26 | that could be [vb pp] [adj] | 12 |
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| 27 | that could be [vb pp] [adj] | 12 |
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| 28 | [that] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 12 |
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| 29 | [coord] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 6 |
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| 30 | [noun prp] could be [vb pp] [adj] | 5 |
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