| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [adv] [ex0] [was/were] a silence | 5 |
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| 2 | [adv] [ex0] [was/were] a silence | 5 |
|
| 3 | [ex0] [was/were] a [adj] silence | 216 |
|
| 4 | [ex0] [was/were] a [adj] silence | 202 |
|
| 5 | [ex0] [was/were] a long silence | 70 |
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| 6 | [ex0] [was/were] a long silence | 68 |
|
| 7 | [ex0] [was/were] a brief silence | 20 |
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| 8 | [ex0] [was/were] a brief silence | 20 |
|
| 9 | [ex0] [was/were] a short silence | 18 |
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| 10 | [ex0] [was/were] a short silence | 18 |
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| 11 | [ex0] [was/were] a little silence | 12 |
|
| 12 | [ex0] [was/were] a little silence | 12 |
|
| 13 | [ex0] [was/were] a [det] silence | 12 |
|
| 14 | [ex0] [was/were] a stunned silence | 11 |
|
| 15 | [ex0] [was/were] a stunned silence | 11 |
|
| 16 | [ex0] [was/were] a tense silence | 8 |
|
| 17 | [ex0] [was/were] a tense silence | 8 |
|
| 18 | [ex0] [was/were] a momentary silence | 7 |
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| 19 | [ex0] [was/were] a momentary silence | 7 |
|
| 20 | [ex0] [was/were] a small silence | 6 |
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| 21 | [ex0] [was/were] a small silence | 6 |
|
| 22 | [ex0] [was/were] a fraught silence | 5 |
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| 23 | [ex0] [was/were] a fraught silence | 5 |
|
| 24 | [ex0] [was/were] a silence [prep] | 19 |
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| 25 | [ex0] [was/were] a silence [prep] | 19 |
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| 26 | [ex0] [was/were] a silence [conj] | 11 |
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| 27 | [ex0] [was/were] a silence in | 7 |
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| 28 | [ex0] [was/were] a silence in | 7 |
|
| 29 | [ex0] [was/were] a silence [subord] | 5 |
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