| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] | 98 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] | 98 |
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| 3 | was [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] | 72 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] | 60 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] | 55 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] of [noun] [prep] | 31 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] of [noun] [prep] | 31 |
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| 8 | were [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] | 26 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] | 23 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] | 19 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] | 19 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] in [noun] [prep] | 17 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] in [noun] [prep] | 17 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [vb pp] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [prep] | 15 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] of | 15 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] of | 15 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] in | 14 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] in | 14 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] to | 11 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] for | 11 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] to | 11 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] for | 11 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] on | 10 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] on | 10 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] for [noun] [prep] | 10 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] for [noun] [prep] | 10 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] to [noun] [prep] | 8 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] to [noun] [prep] | 8 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] from | 7 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] from | 7 |
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