No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [verb] to be | 91055 | |
2 | [noun] to be | 31971 | |
3 | [vb pp] to be | 20109 | |
4 | [noun sg] to be | 19773 | |
5 | [vb past] to be | 18133 | |
6 | have to be | 18021 | |
7 | [adj] to be | 17502 | |
8 | [vb -s] to be | 16877 | |
9 | [be] to be | 15372 | |
10 | be to be | 15372 | |
11 | [adj] to be | 15347 | |
12 | [vb base] to be | 13566 | |
13 | [vb infin] to be | 13090 | |
14 | [adv] to be | 12526 | |
15 | [noun pl] to be | 10075 | |
16 | seem to be | 9566 | |
17 | [v-ing] to be | 8824 | |
18 | need to be | 7366 | |
19 | [pron] to be | 7112 | |
20 | [was/were] to be | 6232 | |
21 | [adv] to be | 6229 | |
22 | [is] to be | 6093 | |
23 | go to be | 5985 | |
24 | is to be | 5949 | |
25 | going to be | 5936 | |
26 | likely to be | 5711 | |
27 | likely to be | 5708 | |
28 | had to be | 5406 | |
29 | appear to be | 5097 | |
30 | [pers pn] to be | 4967 |