| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 1163 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun sg] | 1057 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 1026 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] was [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 841 |
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| 5 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] | 766 |
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| 6 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] | 685 |
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| 7 | he [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 402 |
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| 8 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 388 |
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| 9 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 388 |
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| 10 | [pers pn] were [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 322 |
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| 11 | she [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 207 |
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| 12 | i [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 175 |
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| 13 | they [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 155 |
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| 14 | [pers pn] [was/were] wearing [art] [adj] [noun] | 139 |
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| 15 | we [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 89 |
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| 16 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] an [adj] [noun] | 81 |
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| 17 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 79 |
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| 18 | it [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 72 |
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| 19 | [pers pn] [was/were] having [art] [adj] [noun] | 68 |
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| 20 | [pers pn] [was/were] doing [art] [adj] [noun] | 60 |
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| 21 | you [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] | 54 |
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| 22 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [det] [noun] | 53 |
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| 23 | [pers pn] [was/were] making [art] [adj] [noun] | 51 |
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| 24 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] time | 40 |
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| 25 | [pers pn] [was/were] carrying [art] [adj] [noun] | 40 |
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| 26 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] time | 38 |
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| 27 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] new [noun] | 37 |
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| 28 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [num ord] [noun] | 37 |
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| 29 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] new [noun] | 37 |
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| 30 | [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] [adj] thing | 36 |
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