| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 2824 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 2042 |
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| 3 | was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 2020 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] | 1973 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] | 1973 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] | 838 |
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| 7 | were [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 803 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] out [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 780 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] | 762 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 749 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 712 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] by [art] [noun sg] | 460 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] in [art] [noun sg] | 434 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] to [art] [noun sg] | 384 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] of [art] [noun sg] | 289 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] down [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 266 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] back [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 234 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] on [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 221 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] on [art] [noun sg] | 188 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [noun sg] | 169 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] with [art] [noun sg] | 163 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] off [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 161 |
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| 23 | [was/were] carry [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 145 |
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| 24 | [was/were] carried [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 143 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] in [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 138 |
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| 26 | [was/were] set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 138 |
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| 27 | [was/were] take [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 134 |
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| 28 | [was/were] set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 134 |
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| 29 | [was/were] taken [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 133 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] [noun sg] | 128 |
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