| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] [subord] | 81 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] | 78 |
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| 3 | was [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] | 67 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] | 67 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] as | 55 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] as | 55 |
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| 7 | were [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] | 41 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] | 33 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [adv] [conj] | 29 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] as [adv] [adv] [conj] | 27 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] as [adv] [adv] [conj] | 27 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] as [adv] [conj] | 24 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] than | 19 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] than | 19 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] ago [conj] | 18 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] long [adv] [conj] | 18 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] more [adv] [conj] | 17 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] [coord] | 15 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] far [adv] [conj] | 12 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] that | 12 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] [that] | 12 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] that | 12 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] and | 11 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] and | 11 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] out [adv] [adv] [conj] | 11 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] out [adv] [adv] [conj] | 11 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [to-vb] [adv] [adv] [adv] [conj] | 8 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] so [adv] [conj] | 7 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] up [adv] [adv] [conj] | 6 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] up [adv] [adv] [conj] | 6 |
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