| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [verb] [prep] [verb] the [noun sg] | 263 |
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| 2 | was [verb] [prep] [v-ing] the [noun sg] | 247 |
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| 3 | was [verb] [prep] [be] the [noun sg] | 111 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [prep] be the [noun sg] | 111 |
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| 5 | was [verb] [prep] [be] the [noun sg] | 108 |
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| 6 | was [verb] [prep] be the [noun sg] | 108 |
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| 7 | was [verb] [prep] [prep] the [noun sg] | 78 |
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| 8 | was [verb] [prep] [prep] the [noun sg] | 78 |
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| 9 | was [verb] [prep] [noun] the [noun sg] | 41 |
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| 10 | was [verb] [prep] [adv] the [noun sg] | 37 |
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| 11 | was [verb] [prep] [adj] the [noun sg] | 35 |
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| 12 | was [verb] [prep] [pron] the [noun sg] | 33 |
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| 13 | was [verb] [prep] [adv] the [noun sg] | 27 |
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| 14 | was [verb] [prep] [det] the [noun sg] | 26 |
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| 15 | was [verb] [prep] all the [noun sg] | 24 |
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| 16 | was [verb] [prep] all the [noun sg] | 24 |
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| 17 | was [verb] [prep] by the [noun sg] | 22 |
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| 18 | was [verb] [prep] by the [noun sg] | 22 |
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| 19 | was [verb] [prep] [noun prp] the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 20 | was [verb] [prep] in the [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 21 | was [verb] [prep] in the [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 22 | was [verb] [prep] [noun sg] the [noun sg] | 18 |
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| 23 | was [verb] [prep] [Wh det] the [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 24 | was [verb] [prep] [pers pn] the [noun sg] | 13 |
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| 25 | was [verb] [prep] [vb infin] the [noun sg] | 12 |
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| 26 | was [verb] [prep] what the [noun sg] | 12 |
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| 27 | was [verb] [prep] what the [noun sg] | 12 |
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| 28 | was [verb] [prep] [Wh adv] the [noun sg] | 10 |
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| 29 | was [verb] [prep] both the [noun sg] | 9 |
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| 30 | was [verb] [prep] both the [noun sg] | 9 |
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