| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] [prep] [art] | 1132 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [prep] [art] | 1018 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] [prep] the | 896 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [prep] [adj] [prep] [art] | 865 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [num] [prep] [art] | 821 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] in [adj] [prep] [art] | 557 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] of [art] | 501 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] of [art] | 501 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [det] [prep] [art] | 273 |
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| 10 | were [verb] [prep] [adj] [prep] [art] | 267 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] one [prep] [art] | 238 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] one [prep] [art] | 238 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] [prep] a | 189 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] by [adj] [prep] [art] | 185 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] by [art] | 182 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] by [art] | 182 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [prep] [art] | 101 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] as [art] | 77 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] in [art] | 77 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] as [art] | 77 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] in [art] | 77 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] to [adj] [prep] [art] | 70 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] some [prep] [art] | 56 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] some [prep] [art] | 56 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] [prep] an | 47 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] with [art] | 46 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] with [art] | 46 |
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| 28 | [was/were] built [prep] [adj] [prep] [art] | 45 |
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| 29 | [was/were] build [prep] [adj] [prep] [art] | 45 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] for [adj] [prep] [art] | 44 |
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