| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 847 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 712 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] | 693 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] | 693 |
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| 5 | was [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 614 |
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| 6 | were [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 232 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [v-ing] out [prep] [art] [noun] | 217 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] | 149 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [v-ing] up [prep] [art] [noun] | 141 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] | 140 |
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| 11 | [was/were] going [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 135 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] of [art] [noun] | 121 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] in [art] [noun] | 116 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] to [art] [noun] | 108 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [v-ing] on [prep] [art] [noun] | 104 |
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| 16 | [was/were] coming [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 99 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [v-ing] back [prep] [art] [noun] | 98 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 97 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [v-ing] down [prep] [art] [noun] | 78 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] at [art] [noun] | 76 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] from [art] [noun] | 62 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [v-ing] in [prep] [art] [noun] | 61 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] on [art] [noun] | 61 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] with [art] [noun] | 53 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [v-ing] around [prep] [art] [noun] | 44 |
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| 26 | [was/were] looking [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 44 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] for [art] [noun] | 43 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] into [art] [noun] | 34 |
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| 29 | [was/were] walking [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 34 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun prp] | 32 |
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