| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an [adj] [noun sg] | 1029 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 926 |
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| 3 | was [verb] [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 797 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] by an [adj] [noun] | 285 |
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| 5 | were [verb] [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 272 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] as an [adj] [noun] | 146 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] in an [adj] [noun] | 128 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 128 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] with an [adj] [noun] | 122 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] to an [adj] [noun] | 89 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] on an [adj] [noun] | 67 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] at an [adj] [noun] | 57 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an old [noun] | 36 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] from an [adj] [noun] | 35 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] for an [adj] [noun] | 33 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] into an [adj] [noun] | 31 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an early [noun] | 31 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an important [noun] | 30 |
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| 19 | [was/were] see [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 27 |
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| 20 | [was/were] seen [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 27 |
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| 21 | [was/were] regard [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 24 |
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| 22 | [was/were] regarded [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 24 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an open [noun] | 23 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an [adj] [noun prp] | 19 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an elderly [noun] | 17 |
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| 26 | [was/were] based [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 15 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [to-vb] [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 15 |
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| 28 | [was/were] base [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 15 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an [adj] stage | 14 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an [adj] stage | 14 |
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