| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] | 677 |
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| 2 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 639 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 639 |
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| 4 | [pron] was [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 565 |
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| 5 | [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 467 |
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| 6 | [pron] were [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 256 |
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| 7 | [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] the [adj] [noun] | 210 |
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| 8 | he [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 178 |
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| 9 | he [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 177 |
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| 10 | [pron] [was/were] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] | 143 |
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| 11 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] | 118 |
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| 12 | they [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 103 |
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| 13 | it [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 100 |
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| 14 | it [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 100 |
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| 15 | they [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 99 |
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| 16 | i [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 96 |
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| 17 | i [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 94 |
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| 18 | [Wh det] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 85 |
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| 19 | she [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 79 |
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| 20 | she [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 79 |
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| 21 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 76 |
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| 22 | who [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 74 |
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| 23 | who [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 74 |
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| 24 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] the [det] [noun] | 69 |
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| 25 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] the same [noun] | 63 |
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| 26 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] the [num ord] [noun] | 63 |
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| 27 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] the same [noun] | 63 |
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| 28 | which [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 59 |
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| 29 | which [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 59 |
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| 30 | we [was/were] [verb] the [adj] [noun] | 56 |
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