| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 211 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 202 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] | 166 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 147 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] the | 144 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] the | 144 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 113 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 95 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] a | 65 |
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| 10 | were [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 64 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] a | 56 |
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| 12 | [was/were] go [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 48 |
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| 13 | [was/were] going [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 47 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] it [prep] [art] | 41 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] it [prep] [art] | 41 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] to [art] | 36 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] he [prep] [art] | 32 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] they [prep] [art] | 31 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] him [prep] [art] | 31 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] them [prep] [art] | 31 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] in [art] | 29 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] | 29 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] i [prep] [art] | 27 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] me [prep] [art] | 27 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] her [prep] [art] | 25 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] she [prep] [art] | 25 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] into [art] | 21 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] with [art] | 21 |
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| 29 | [was/were] trying [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 21 |
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| 30 | [was/were] try [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] | 21 |
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