No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a [adj] time | 33 | |
2 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a [adj] time | 25 | |
3 | was [verb] [prep] a [adj] time | 23 | |
4 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] time | 23 | |
5 | [was/were] [verb] for a [adj] time | 18 | |
6 | [was/were] [verb] for a [adj] time | 18 | |
7 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a long time | 10 | |
8 | were [verb] [prep] a [adj] time | 10 | |
9 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] time | 9 | |
10 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a long time | 9 | |
11 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a short time | 7 | |
12 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a short time | 6 | |
13 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a [num ord] time | 5 | |
14 | [was/were] [verb] at a [adj] time | 5 | |
15 | [was/were] [verb] at a [adj] time | 5 |