| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] | 1001 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [num] of [art] [adj] [noun] | 980 |
|
| 3 | [was/were] [num] of [art] [adj] [noun] | 980 |
|
| 4 | [was/were] one [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] | 967 |
|
| 5 | [was/were] [num] [prep] the [adj] [noun] | 964 |
|
| 6 | was [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] | 940 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 782 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] | 410 |
|
| 9 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun] | 234 |
|
| 10 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] | 156 |
|
| 11 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] | 137 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] first [noun] | 131 |
|
| 13 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] first [noun] | 131 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] | 117 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] few [noun] | 92 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] few [noun] | 92 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [num] [noun] | 68 |
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| 18 | were [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] | 62 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] [n mass] | 58 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] good [noun] | 54 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] main [noun] | 51 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] main [noun] | 51 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] great [noun] | 50 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] best [noun] | 49 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] people | 41 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] [adj] people | 40 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [num] [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 35 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] major [noun] | 29 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] major [noun] | 29 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [num] [prep] [art] great [noun] | 27 |
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