| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] | 159488 |
|
| 2 | [noun] was [verb] | 131998 |
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| 3 | [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] | 109679 |
|
| 4 | [noun] were [verb] | 72804 |
|
| 5 | [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] | 58978 |
|
| 6 | [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] | 36876 |
|
| 7 | [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] | 31704 |
|
| 8 | [noun] [was/were] [to-vb] | 8363 |
|
| 9 | [noun] [was/were] make | 6050 |
|
| 10 | [noun] [was/were] made | 5318 |
|
| 11 | [n mass] [was/were] [verb] | 4194 |
|
| 12 | [noun] [was/were] take | 3558 |
|
| 13 | [noun] [was/were] give | 2973 |
|
| 14 | [noun] [was/were] taken | 2716 |
|
| 15 | [noun] [was/were] given | 2704 |
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| 16 | [noun] [was/were] find | 2694 |
|
| 17 | [noun] [was/were] use | 2580 |
|
| 18 | [noun] [was/were] found | 2510 |
|
| 19 | [noun] [was/were] used | 2306 |
|
| 20 | [noun] [was/were] hold | 2294 |
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| 21 | [noun] [was/were] go | 2277 |
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| 22 | [noun] [was/were] held | 2042 |
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| 23 | people [was/were] [verb] | 1909 |
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| 24 | people [was/were] [verb] | 1899 |
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| 25 | [noun] [was/were] going | 1807 |
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| 26 | [noun] [was/were] set | 1716 |
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| 27 | man [was/were] [verb] | 1662 |
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| 28 | [noun] [was/were] set | 1599 |
|
| 29 | [noun] [was/were] kill | 1532 |
|
| 30 | [noun] [was/were] killed | 1492 |
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