| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 216 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [pron] [verb] [prep] the [noun] | 206 |
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| 3 | was [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 198 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 119 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [pron] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun] | 118 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [indef pn] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 86 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [pron] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] | 71 |
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| 8 | were [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 62 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [pron] do [prep] [art] [noun] | 52 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [pron] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 51 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [pron] [verb] with [art] [noun] | 49 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [pron] [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 46 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [pron] [verb] in [art] [noun] | 40 |
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| 14 | [was/were] nothing [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 37 |
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| 15 | [was/were] nothing [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 37 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [pron] to do [prep] [art] [noun] | 33 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [pn reflx] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 32 |
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| 18 | [was/were] he [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 30 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [pron] [verb] to [art] [noun] | 30 |
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| 20 | [was/were] you [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 29 |
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| 21 | [was/were] you [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 29 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 28 |
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| 23 | [was/were] he [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 27 |
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| 24 | [was/were] something [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 24 |
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| 25 | [was/were] something [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 24 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [pron] [verb] on [art] [noun] | 22 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [pron] [verb] by [art] [noun] | 19 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [Wh det] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 17 |
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| 29 | [was/were] what [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 17 |
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| 30 | [was/were] it [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 17 |
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