| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 1319 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] | 1248 |
|
| 3 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun sg] | 1110 |
|
| 4 | [pers pn] was [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 987 |
|
| 5 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 793 |
|
| 6 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 793 |
|
| 7 | [pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [art] [noun] | 662 |
|
| 8 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [art] [noun] | 640 |
|
| 9 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 508 |
|
| 10 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 444 |
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| 11 | he [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 353 |
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| 12 | [pers pn] were [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 332 |
|
| 13 | [pers pn] [was/were] go [verb] [art] [noun] | 293 |
|
| 14 | [pers pn] [was/were] going [verb] [art] [noun] | 291 |
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| 15 | i [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 258 |
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| 16 | it [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 224 |
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| 17 | she [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 166 |
|
| 18 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun pl] | 157 |
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| 19 | they [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 143 |
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| 20 | [pers pn] [was/were] try [verb] [art] [noun] | 127 |
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| 21 | [pers pn] [was/were] trying [verb] [art] [noun] | 122 |
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| 22 | we [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] | 116 |
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| 23 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] have [art] [noun] | 90 |
|
| 24 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] to have [art] [noun] | 84 |
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| 25 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [verb] an [noun] | 64 |
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| 26 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] make [art] [noun] | 64 |
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| 27 | [pers pn] [was/were] decide [verb] [art] [noun] | 62 |
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| 28 | [pers pn] [was/were] decided [verb] [art] [noun] | 61 |
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| 29 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] to make [art] [noun] | 61 |
|
| 30 | [pers pn] [was/were] ask [verb] [art] [noun] | 57 |
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