| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 1579 |
|
| 2 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] | 1484 |
|
| 3 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun sg] | 1322 |
|
| 4 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 1319 |
|
| 5 | [pron] was [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 1165 |
|
| 6 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 965 |
|
| 7 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 965 |
|
| 8 | [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [art] [noun] | 834 |
|
| 9 | [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [art] [noun] | 721 |
|
| 10 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 593 |
|
| 11 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 513 |
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| 12 | [pron] were [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 414 |
|
| 13 | he [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 353 |
|
| 14 | he [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 353 |
|
| 15 | [pron] [was/were] go [verb] [art] [noun] | 314 |
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| 16 | [pron] [was/were] going [verb] [art] [noun] | 312 |
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| 17 | i [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 258 |
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| 18 | i [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 258 |
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| 19 | it [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 224 |
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| 20 | it [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 224 |
|
| 21 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun pl] | 190 |
|
| 22 | she [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 166 |
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| 23 | she [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 166 |
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| 24 | they [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 144 |
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| 25 | they [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 143 |
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| 26 | [pron] [was/were] try [verb] [art] [noun] | 141 |
|
| 27 | [pron] [was/were] trying [verb] [art] [noun] | 135 |
|
| 28 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 118 |
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| 29 | we [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 118 |
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| 30 | we [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 116 |
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