| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [was/were] [verb] up with a [noun] | 28 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] up with a [noun] | 23 |
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| 3 | [was/were] taken up [prep] a [noun] | 19 |
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| 4 | [was/were] taken up [prep] a [noun] | 19 |
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| 5 | [was/were] taken up with [art] [noun] | 15 |
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| 6 | [was/were] taken up with [art] [noun] | 15 |
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| 7 | [be] taken up with a [noun] | 8 |
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| 8 | [was/were] taken [adv] with a [noun] | 7 |
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| 9 | [was/were] taken up with a [noun] | 6 |
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| 10 | [was/were] taken up with a [noun] | 5 |
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| 11 | [was/were] take up with a [noun] | 5 |
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