| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] | 866 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] | 657 |
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| 3 | was [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] | 570 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] | 551 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] | 551 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [adj] | 314 |
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| 7 | were [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] | 296 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [adj] | 267 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] by [art] [adj] | 212 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] | 188 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] in [art] [adj] | 158 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] to [art] [adj] | 75 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] away [prep] [art] [adj] | 59 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] only [prep] [art] [adj] | 57 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] with [art] [adj] | 52 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] on [art] [adj] | 48 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] an [adj] | 47 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] from [art] [adj] | 45 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] at [art] [adj] | 44 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] together [prep] [art] [adj] | 40 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] yesterday [prep] [art] [adj] | 35 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] for [art] [adj] | 30 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] as [art] [adj] | 30 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] into [art] [adj] | 28 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] forward [prep] [art] [adj] | 22 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] there [prep] [art] [adj] | 22 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] | 21 |
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| 28 | [was/were] put [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] | 20 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] new | 20 |
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| 30 | [was/were] put [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] | 20 |
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