| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 692 |
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| 2 | was [adv] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 586 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] | 575 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 565 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] [subord] the [noun] | 516 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] as [art] [noun] | 299 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] than [art] [noun] | 287 |
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| 8 | [was/were] as [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 285 |
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| 9 | [was/were] as [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 285 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] [subord] a [noun] | 212 |
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| 11 | were [adv] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 166 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun pl] | 128 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [adv] [adj -er] [subord] [art] [noun] | 124 |
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| 14 | [was/were] more [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 95 |
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| 15 | [was/were] more [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 95 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] when [art] [noun] | 62 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [adv] [det] [subord] [art] [noun] | 62 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [not/n't] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 60 |
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| 19 | [was/were] not [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 60 |
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| 20 | [was/were] not [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 51 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [adv] more [subord] [art] [noun] | 45 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [adv] more [subord] [art] [noun] | 45 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] because [art] [noun] | 40 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun prp] | 37 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [adv] good [subord] [art] [noun] | 31 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [adv] important [subord] [art] [noun] | 26 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [adv] important [subord] [art] [noun] | 26 |
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| 28 | [was/were] much [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 25 |
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| 29 | [was/were] much [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 25 |
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| 30 | [was/were] less [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] | 21 |
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