| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 869 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 686 |
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| 3 | [pron] was [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 631 |
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| 4 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] | 545 |
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| 5 | [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 409 |
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| 6 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 392 |
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| 7 | [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 369 |
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| 8 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] | 298 |
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| 9 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] [prep] | 286 |
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| 10 | he [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 249 |
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| 11 | he [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 248 |
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| 12 | [pron] were [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 238 |
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| 13 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] of | 198 |
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| 14 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] of | 198 |
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| 15 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] in | 140 |
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| 16 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] in | 140 |
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| 17 | it [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 120 |
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| 18 | it [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 120 |
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| 19 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [num] [noun] [prep] | 119 |
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| 20 | they [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 103 |
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| 21 | they [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 97 |
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| 22 | [pron] [was/were] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 91 |
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| 23 | i [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 88 |
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| 24 | i [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 88 |
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| 25 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] for | 83 |
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| 26 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] for | 83 |
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| 27 | [Wh det] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 78 |
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| 28 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 74 |
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| 29 | which [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 74 |
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| 30 | which [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] | 74 |
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