| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 286 |
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| 2 | was [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 249 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 246 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 224 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a [noun] | 91 |
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| 6 | were [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 79 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] it [prep] [art] [noun] | 78 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] her [prep] [art] [noun] | 65 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 64 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] him [prep] [art] [noun] | 61 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] them [prep] [art] [noun] | 54 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] in [art] [noun] | 50 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] me [prep] [art] [noun] | 46 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] on [art] [noun] | 32 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] with [art] [noun] | 32 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 32 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] to [art] [noun] | 31 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] from [art] [noun] | 22 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] into [art] [noun] | 21 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] about [art] [noun] | 19 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] [noun] | 19 |
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| 22 | [was/were] put [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] as [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 24 | [was/were] tell [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 25 | [was/were] watching [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 17 |
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| 26 | [was/were] watch [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 17 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 16 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] at [art] [noun] | 16 |
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| 29 | [was/were] telling [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] us [prep] [art] [noun] | 13 |
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