| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [adj] century | 224 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] century | 222 |
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| 3 | [be] [verb] [prep] the seventeenth century | 30 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] seventeenth century | 23 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the seventeenth century | 23 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the seventeenth [noun] | 23 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the seventeenth century | 23 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] seventeenth century | 23 |
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