| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 1203 |
|
| 2 | [pers pn] was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 874 |
|
| 3 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 850 |
|
| 4 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the | 850 |
|
| 5 | [pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 763 |
|
| 6 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 412 |
|
| 7 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a | 348 |
|
| 8 | [pers pn] were [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 328 |
|
| 9 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] up [prep] [art] | 310 |
|
| 10 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a | 309 |
|
| 11 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] out [prep] [art] | 306 |
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| 12 | he [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 305 |
|
| 13 | i [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 201 |
|
| 14 | it [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 201 |
|
| 15 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] to [art] | 197 |
|
| 16 | they [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 186 |
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| 17 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] by [art] | 186 |
|
| 18 | she [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 178 |
|
| 19 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] in [art] | 175 |
|
| 20 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] back [prep] [art] | 134 |
|
| 21 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] of [art] | 132 |
|
| 22 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] down [prep] [art] | 118 |
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| 23 | we [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 92 |
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| 24 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] on [art] | 91 |
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| 25 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] with [art] | 81 |
|
| 26 | [pers pn] [was/were] go [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 75 |
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| 27 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] on [prep] [art] | 72 |
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| 28 | [pers pn] [was/were] going [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 69 |
|
| 29 | [pers pn] [was/were] take [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 67 |
|
| 30 | [pers pn] [was/were] taken [adv prt] [prep] [art] | 65 |
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