| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 820 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 687 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun] [noun] | 438 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun sg] [noun] | 309 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun prp] [noun] | 96 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [num ord] [noun] | 50 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [num] [noun] | 28 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the new [noun] | 27 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the new [noun] | 27 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [det] [noun] | 27 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the same [noun] | 23 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the same [noun] | 23 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the first [noun] | 22 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the first [noun] | 22 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the whole [noun] | 21 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the whole [noun] | 21 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun pl] [noun] | 18 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [adj -est] [noun] | 18 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the old [noun] | 12 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the next [noun] | 10 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the old [noun] | 10 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the next [noun] | 10 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [adj -er] [noun] | 10 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the program [noun] | 8 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [n mass] [noun] | 8 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the good [noun] | 8 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the program [noun] | 8 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the british [noun] | 7 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the british [noun] | 7 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the best [noun] | 7 |
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