| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] in the past | 930 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] in the past | 569 |
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| 3 | have in the past | 181 |
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| 4 | [vb past] in the past | 114 |
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| 5 | [vb base] in the past | 97 |
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| 6 | do in the past | 87 |
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| 7 | [vb -s] in the past | 75 |
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| 8 | done in the past | 72 |
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| 9 | happen in the past | 66 |
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| 10 | has in the past | 64 |
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| 11 | have in the past | 62 |
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| 12 | [v-ing] in the past | 45 |
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| 13 | live in the past | 45 |
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| 14 | happened in the past | 42 |
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| 15 | had in the past | 32 |
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| 16 | use in the past | 31 |
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| 17 | used in the past | 29 |
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| 18 | occur in the past | 23 |
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| 19 | had in the past | 21 |
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| 20 | [to-vb] in the past | 20 |
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| 21 | happened in the past | 20 |
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| 22 | living in the past | 19 |
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| 23 | occurred in the past | 18 |
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| 24 | say in the past | 16 |
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| 25 | make in the past | 15 |
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| 26 | said in the past | 13 |
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| 27 | made in the past | 12 |
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| 28 | exist in the past | 11 |
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| 29 | [vb infin] in the past | 10 |
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| 30 | root in the past | 10 |
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