| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 2824 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] | 2604 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 2579 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 2459 |
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| 5 | were [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 1046 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] out [prep] [art] [noun] | 949 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] [art] [noun] | 919 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 847 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] | 809 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] by [art] [noun] | 626 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] in [art] [noun] | 505 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] to [art] [noun] | 489 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 391 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] of [art] [noun] | 360 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] down [prep] [art] [noun] | 327 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] back [prep] [art] [noun] | 288 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] on [prep] [art] [noun] | 268 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun prp] | 263 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] on [art] [noun] | 238 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [noun] | 201 |
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| 21 | [was/were] take [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 199 |
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| 22 | [was/were] taken [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 197 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] with [art] [noun] | 195 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] in [prep] [art] [noun] | 193 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] off [prep] [art] [noun] | 193 |
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| 26 | [was/were] carry [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 180 |
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| 27 | [was/were] carried [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 177 |
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| 28 | [was/were] set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 173 |
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| 29 | [was/were] set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 168 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] over [prep] [art] [noun] | 158 |
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