| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 786 |
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| 2 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 633 |
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| 3 | [verb] [pron] was [verb] [prep] [art] | 617 |
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| 4 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the | 502 |
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| 5 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] | 423 |
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| 6 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 352 |
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| 7 | [vb past] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 344 |
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| 8 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] a | 249 |
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| 9 | [verb] he [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 205 |
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| 10 | [verb] he [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 202 |
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| 11 | [verb] [pron] were [verb] [prep] [art] | 171 |
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| 12 | say [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 150 |
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| 13 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] by [art] | 132 |
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| 14 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] by [art] | 132 |
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| 15 | [verb] [Wh det] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 128 |
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| 16 | [vb base] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 111 |
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| 17 | [verb] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 110 |
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| 18 | [verb] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 110 |
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| 19 | think [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 105 |
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| 20 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] in [art] | 102 |
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| 21 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] in [art] | 102 |
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| 22 | [verb] it [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 96 |
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| 23 | [verb] it [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 96 |
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| 24 | [verb] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 95 |
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| 25 | [verb] she [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 94 |
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| 26 | [verb] she [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 92 |
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| 27 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] to [art] | 91 |
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| 28 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] to [art] | 91 |
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| 29 | said [pron] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 87 |
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| 30 | [verb] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] | 87 |
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