| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] [art] [noun] | 919 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] up [prep] [art] [noun] | 769 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 749 |
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| 4 | was [verb] up [prep] [art] [noun] | 645 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] the [noun] | 629 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] the [noun] | 629 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] a [noun] | 288 |
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| 8 | were [verb] up [prep] [art] [noun] | 272 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] a [noun] | 252 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] up in [art] [noun] | 202 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] up by [art] [noun] | 201 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [v-ing] up [prep] [art] [noun] | 141 |
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| 13 | [was/were] set up [prep] [art] [noun] | 136 |
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| 14 | [was/were] set up [prep] [art] [noun] | 136 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 100 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] up with [art] [noun] | 69 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] up on [art] [noun] | 69 |
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| 18 | [was/were] bring up [prep] [art] [noun] | 65 |
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| 19 | [was/were] brought up [prep] [art] [noun] | 65 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] up to [art] [noun] | 63 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] [art] [noun prp] | 62 |
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| 22 | [was/were] take up [prep] [art] [noun] | 62 |
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| 23 | [was/were] taken up [prep] [art] [noun] | 62 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] up at [art] [noun] | 59 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] up for [art] [noun] | 47 |
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| 26 | [was/were] pick up [prep] [art] [noun] | 39 |
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| 27 | [was/were] draw up [prep] [art] [noun] | 38 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] an [noun] | 36 |
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| 29 | [was/were] catch up [prep] [art] [noun] | 35 |
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| 30 | [was/were] picked up [prep] [art] [noun] | 35 |
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