| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 487 |
|
| 2 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 487 |
|
| 3 | [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the | 376 |
|
| 4 | was [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 321 |
|
| 5 | were [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 166 |
|
| 6 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] up [prep] the | 150 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] out [prep] the | 133 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the | 105 |
|
| 9 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] by the | 94 |
|
| 10 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] by the | 94 |
|
| 11 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] to the | 78 |
|
| 12 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] to the | 78 |
|
| 13 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] in the | 74 |
|
| 14 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] in the | 74 |
|
| 15 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] of the | 56 |
|
| 16 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] of the | 56 |
|
| 17 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] back [prep] the | 51 |
|
| 18 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] with the | 37 |
|
| 19 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] with the | 37 |
|
| 20 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] over [prep] the | 35 |
|
| 21 | [was/were] then [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 33 |
|
| 22 | [was/were] just [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 31 |
|
| 23 | [was/were] still [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 28 |
|
| 24 | [was/were] also [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 28 |
|
| 25 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] down [prep] the | 27 |
|
| 26 | [was/were] [adv] take [adv prt] [prep] the | 26 |
|
| 27 | [was/were] already [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 25 |
|
| 28 | [was/were] [adv] taken [adv prt] [prep] the | 25 |
|
| 29 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] on [prep] the | 24 |
|
| 30 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] in [prep] the | 23 |
|
