| be serious | 205.20 | This is serious. | ||
| get serious | 23.70 | Get serious. | ||
| become serious | 11.32 | He then became serious. | ||
| turn serious | 8.10 | She turned serious. | ||
| seem serious | 3.69 | Last year, Zimmer seemed serious. | ||
| appear serious | 3.55 | It did not appear serious. . . . | ||
| grow serious | 3.29 | We grow too serious. | ||
| look serious | 2.96 | And he looked so serious. | ||
| remain serious | 1.45 | But his domestic challenges remain very serious. | ||
| sound serious | 1.12 | Sounds serious. | ||
| prove serious | 0.53 | But the Czech looks virtually unbeatable -- unless rumours of a shoulder injury prove serious. |