| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 3133 |
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| 2 | the [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] | 2900 |
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| 3 | the [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 2284 |
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| 4 | the [noun] was [verb] [prep] [adj] | 2259 |
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| 5 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [num] | 1280 |
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| 6 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 1267 |
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| 7 | the [noun] were [verb] [prep] [adj] | 873 |
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| 8 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] in [adj] | 795 |
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| 9 | the [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 687 |
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| 10 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] by [adj] | 664 |
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| 11 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [det] | 524 |
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| 12 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] with [adj] | 348 |
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| 13 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] to [adj] | 235 |
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| 14 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] for [adj] | 204 |
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| 15 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] on [adj] | 195 |
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| 16 | the [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] | 185 |
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| 17 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] at [adj] | 163 |
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| 18 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] two | 128 |
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| 19 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] two | 128 |
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| 20 | the [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 127 |
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| 21 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] into [adj] | 122 |
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| 22 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] from [adj] | 98 |
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| 23 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] one | 92 |
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| 24 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] one | 92 |
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| 25 | the [noun] [was/were] make [prep] [adj] | 79 |
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| 26 | the [noun] [was/were] made [prep] [adj] | 78 |
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| 27 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] some | 71 |
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| 28 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] some | 71 |
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| 29 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] all | 70 |
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| 30 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] all | 70 |
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