| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 240 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 220 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 214 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun sg] | 202 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] have [verb] [art] [noun] | 166 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] to have [verb] [art] [noun] | 164 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 159 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 159 |
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| 9 | was [verb] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 158 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [vb pp] [art] [noun] | 156 |
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| 11 | were [verb] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 82 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 79 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 64 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] | 53 |
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| 15 | [was/were] reported [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 49 |
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| 16 | [was/were] report [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 49 |
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| 17 | [was/were] said [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 42 |
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| 18 | [was/were] say [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 42 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 26 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun pl] | 25 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] try [verb] [art] [noun] | 23 |
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| 22 | [was/were] going [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 17 |
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| 23 | [was/were] go [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 17 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] to try [verb] [art] [noun] | 15 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [verb] an [noun] | 15 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [vb infin] [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 27 | [was/were] thought [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 28 | [was/were] think [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] help [verb] [art] [noun] | 13 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] to help [verb] [art] [noun] | 13 |
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