| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [num] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] | 781 |
|
| 2 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 781 |
|
| 3 | [was/were] [num] of [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 777 |
|
| 4 | [was/were] [num] of [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 777 |
|
| 5 | [was/were] one [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 766 |
|
| 6 | was [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 733 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 305 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun pl] | 202 |
|
| 9 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun pl] | 115 |
|
| 10 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] first [noun pl] | 101 |
|
| 11 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] first [noun pl] | 101 |
|
| 12 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] | 91 |
|
| 13 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] | 70 |
|
| 14 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] | 70 |
|
| 15 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [num] [noun pl] | 54 |
|
| 16 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] good [noun pl] | 52 |
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| 17 | were [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 49 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] best [noun pl] | 47 |
|
| 19 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] main [noun pl] | 46 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] great [noun pl] | 46 |
|
| 21 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] main [noun pl] | 46 |
|
| 22 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] major [noun pl] | 27 |
|
| 23 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] major [noun pl] | 27 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] great [noun pl] | 24 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] things | 24 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] ones | 22 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] greatest [noun pl] | 22 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] reasons | 21 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] many [noun pl] | 21 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] many [noun pl] | 21 |
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