| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 453 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 424 |
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| 3 | was [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 243 |
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| 4 | were [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 210 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] | 203 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] | 172 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] of [noun pl] | 142 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] in [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 113 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] in [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 113 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] by [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 92 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] by [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 92 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] by [noun pl] | 60 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] for [noun pl] | 49 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] in [noun pl] | 48 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] [noun pl] | 45 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] to [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 44 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] to [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 44 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] with [noun pl] | 43 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] with [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 40 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] with [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 40 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] for [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 36 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] for [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 36 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [n mass] [prep] [noun pl] | 33 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] on [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 28 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] on [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 28 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun] to [noun pl] | 26 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 23 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] as [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 21 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] as [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 21 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] from [noun] [prep] [noun pl] | 17 |
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