| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 128 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 125 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 106 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the | 89 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the | 89 |
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| 6 | was [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 76 |
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| 7 | were [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 52 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] their [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 48 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] their [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 48 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] a | 36 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] a | 33 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] his [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 31 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] his [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 31 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] in [art] | 21 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 18 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] her [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 18 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] her [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 18 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] on [art] | 18 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] to [art] | 12 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] my [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 12 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] my [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 12 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] for [art] | 12 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] at [art] | 9 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] its [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 9 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] its [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 9 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] with [art] | 8 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] our [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 6 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] our [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 6 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] of [art] | 5 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] feet [prep] [art] | 5 |
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