| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 159 |
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| 2 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] [art] | 148 |
|
| 3 | [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 123 |
|
| 4 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] the | 105 |
|
| 5 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] the | 105 |
|
| 6 | [noun] was [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 100 |
|
| 7 | [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 78 |
|
| 8 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] up [art] | 69 |
|
| 9 | [noun] were [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 59 |
|
| 10 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] a | 53 |
|
| 11 | [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 46 |
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| 12 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] a | 45 |
|
| 13 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] out [art] | 40 |
|
| 14 | [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 33 |
|
| 15 | [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 31 |
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| 16 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] down [art] | 16 |
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| 17 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] take [adv prt] [art] | 13 |
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| 18 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] to take [adv prt] [art] | 13 |
|
| 19 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] set [adv prt] [art] | 13 |
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| 20 | [noun] [was/were] make [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 12 |
|
| 21 | [noun] [was/were] made [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 12 |
|
| 22 | [noun] [was/were] asked [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 12 |
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| 23 | [noun] [was/were] ask [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 12 |
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| 24 | [noun] [was/were] try [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 12 |
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| 25 | [noun] [was/were] use [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 10 |
|
| 26 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] to set [adv prt] [art] | 10 |
|
| 27 | [noun] [was/were] used [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 10 |
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| 28 | [noun] [was/were] trying [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 10 |
|
| 29 | attempt [was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] | 9 |
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| 30 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] to bring [adv prt] [art] | 8 |
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