| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] | 2802 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] | 2576 |
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| 3 | was [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] | 2199 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] the [adj] | 2035 |
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| 5 | were [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] | 926 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] by [art] [adj] | 903 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] a [adj] | 894 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] in [art] [adj] | 599 |
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| 9 | [was/were] also [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] | 300 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] | 293 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] as [art] [adj] | 291 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] to [art] [adj] | 266 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] an [adj] | 189 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 185 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] with [art] [adj] | 185 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [num] | 166 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] for [art] [adj] | 155 |
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| 18 | [was/were] still [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] | 152 |
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| 19 | [was/were] then [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] | 133 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] on [art] [adj] | 123 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] from [art] [adj] | 122 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [det] | 107 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] into [art] [adj] | 101 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] at [art] [adj] | 82 |
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| 25 | [was/were] now [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] | 75 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] same | 67 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] same | 67 |
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| 28 | [was/were] originally [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] | 66 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj -er] | 65 |
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| 30 | [was/were] only [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] | 64 |
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