| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 716 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] | 692 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 672 |
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| 4 | was [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 497 |
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| 5 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 220 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [v-ing] in a [adj] [noun] | 141 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [v-ing] in a [adj] [noun] | 141 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 126 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [v-ing] for a [adj] [noun] | 126 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [v-ing] on a [adj] [noun] | 84 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [v-ing] on a [adj] [noun] | 84 |
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| 12 | [was/were] looking [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 57 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [v-ing] with a [adj] [noun] | 56 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [v-ing] with a [adj] [noun] | 56 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [v-ing] to a [adj] [noun] | 49 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [v-ing] to a [adj] [noun] | 49 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [v-ing] at a [adj] [noun] | 43 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [v-ing] at a [adj] [noun] | 43 |
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| 19 | [was/were] sitting [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 38 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [v-ing] from a [adj] [noun] | 38 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [v-ing] from a [adj] [noun] | 38 |
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| 22 | [was/were] going [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 38 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a new [noun] | 37 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a new [noun] | 37 |
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| 25 | [was/were] working [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 30 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [v-ing] into a [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [v-ing] into a [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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| 28 | [was/were] standing [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 27 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a different [noun] | 24 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a different [noun] | 24 |
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