| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] | 496 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] | 496 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] [art] | 488 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] | 408 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [art] | 362 |
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| 6 | was [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] | 362 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] the | 358 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] the | 358 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] his [noun] [prep] [art] | 170 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] his [noun] [prep] [art] | 170 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] a | 135 |
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| 12 | were [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] | 134 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 128 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] a | 120 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] their [noun] [prep] [art] | 115 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] their [noun] [prep] [art] | 115 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] her [noun] [prep] [art] | 80 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] her [noun] [prep] [art] | 80 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] in [art] | 79 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] in [art] | 79 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] | 74 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] way [prep] [art] | 63 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] way [prep] [art] | 63 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] its [noun] [prep] [art] | 58 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] its [noun] [prep] [art] | 58 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] to [art] | 57 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] to [art] | 57 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] on [art] | 52 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] on [art] | 52 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] my [noun] [prep] [art] | 43 |
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