| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] | 542 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] | 542 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [art] | 479 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] | 437 |
|
| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] the | 341 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] the | 341 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] | 281 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] | 242 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] a | 199 |
|
| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] a | 167 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] to [pron] [prep] [art] | 161 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] him [prep] [art] | 140 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] he [prep] [art] | 140 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] in [art] | 128 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] in [art] | 128 |
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| 16 | were [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] | 105 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] for [pron] [prep] [art] | 92 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] i [prep] [art] | 88 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] me [prep] [art] | 88 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] she [prep] [art] | 83 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] her [prep] [art] | 82 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] by [art] | 80 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] by [art] | 80 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] at [art] | 71 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] at [art] | 71 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] they [prep] [art] | 68 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] them [prep] [art] | 68 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] at [pron] [prep] [art] | 66 |
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| 29 | [was/were] waiting [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] | 60 |
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| 30 | [was/were] wait [prep] [pron] [prep] [art] | 60 |
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