| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | who was [noun] | 366 |
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| 2 | [Wh pn] was [noun sg] | 233 |
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| 3 | [Wh pn] was [noun prp] | 147 |
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| 4 | whom was [noun] | 23 |
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| 5 | [Wh pn] was chairman | 13 |
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| 6 | [Wh pn] was chairman | 13 |
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| 7 | [Wh pn] was president | 10 |
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| 8 | [Wh pn] was president | 8 |
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| 9 | [Wh pn] was lord | 8 |
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| 10 | [Wh pn] was secretary | 7 |
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| 11 | [Wh pn] was head | 7 |
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| 12 | [Wh pn] was secretary | 7 |
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| 13 | [Wh pn] was head | 7 |
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| 14 | [Wh pn] was director | 6 |
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| 15 | [Wh pn] was part | 6 |
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| 16 | [Wh pn] was runner-up | 6 |
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| 17 | [Wh pn] was director | 6 |
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| 18 | [Wh pn] was professor | 6 |
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| 19 | [Wh pn] was professor | 6 |
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| 20 | [Wh pn] was chancellor | 6 |
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| 21 | [Wh pn] was lord | 6 |
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| 22 | [Wh pn] was chancellor | 6 |
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| 23 | [Wh pn] was part | 6 |
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| 24 | [Wh pn] was runner-up | 6 |
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| 25 | [Wh pn] was mayor | 5 |
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| 26 | [Wh pn] was second | 5 |
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| 27 | [Wh pn] was mayor | 5 |
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| 28 | [Wh pn] was deputy | 5 |
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| 29 | [Wh pn] was deputy | 5 |
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| 30 | [Wh pn] was second | 5 |
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