| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 224 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] | 185 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 171 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 167 |
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| 5 | were [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 57 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] it [prep] the [noun] | 52 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] him [prep] the [noun] | 46 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 42 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] them [prep] the [noun] | 41 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] her [prep] the [noun] | 39 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] in the [noun] | 39 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun pl] | 32 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] me [prep] the [noun] | 29 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] on the [noun] | 28 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] to the [noun] | 27 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] from the [noun] | 17 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] into the [noun] | 13 |
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| 18 | [was/were] put [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 13 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] about the [noun] | 13 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] at the [noun] | 12 |
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| 21 | [was/were] tell [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 12 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] by the [noun] | 11 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] with the [noun] | 11 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 10 |
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| 25 | [was/were] telling [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 9 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] us [prep] the [noun] | 9 |
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| 27 | [was/were] watching [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 9 |
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| 28 | [was/were] watch [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 9 |
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| 29 | [was/were] take [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] | 8 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] for the [noun] | 8 |
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