| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 1997 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 1997 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 1842 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 1433 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] [noun prp] | 862 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun prp] | 812 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] in [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 622 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] in [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 622 |
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| 9 | were [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 564 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] in [noun prp] | 467 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] in [noun prp] | 467 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] on [noun prp] | 434 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] on [noun prp] | 434 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] by [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 357 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] by [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 357 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun prp] | 297 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] to [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 279 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] to [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 279 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] by [noun prp] | 227 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] by [noun prp] | 227 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] of [noun prp] | 178 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] of [noun prp] | 178 |
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| 23 | [was/were] hold [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 151 |
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| 24 | [was/were] held [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 151 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] to [noun prp] | 144 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] to [noun prp] | 144 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] from [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 141 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] from [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 141 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun prp] | 130 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] at [noun prp] | 129 |
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