| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [adj] | 565 |
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| 2 | it was [verb] [prep] the [adj] | 554 |
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| 3 | it [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] | 516 |
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| 4 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [adj] | 400 |
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| 5 | it [was/were] [verb] in the [adj] | 154 |
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| 6 | it [was/were] [verb] by the [adj] | 147 |
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| 7 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] | 79 |
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| 8 | it [was/were] [verb] to the [adj] | 59 |
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| 9 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [num] | 40 |
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| 10 | it [was/were] [verb] at the [adj] | 36 |
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| 11 | it [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] | 35 |
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| 12 | it [was/were] built [prep] the [adj] | 27 |
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| 13 | it [was/were] build [prep] the [adj] | 27 |
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| 14 | it [was/were] [verb] with the [adj] | 24 |
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| 15 | it [was/were] [verb] from the [adj] | 24 |
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| 16 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [det] | 23 |
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| 17 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the first | 21 |
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| 18 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the first | 21 |
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| 19 | it [was/were] [verb] on the [adj] | 20 |
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| 20 | it [was/were] [verb] for the [adj] | 19 |
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| 21 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the same | 18 |
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| 22 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the same | 18 |
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| 23 | it [was/were] [verb] as the [adj] | 17 |
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| 24 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the last | 16 |
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| 25 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the last | 16 |
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| 26 | it [was/were] left [prep] the [adj] | 15 |
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| 27 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the late | 15 |
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| 28 | it [was/were] leave [prep] the [adj] | 15 |
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| 29 | it [was/were] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] | 14 |
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| 30 | it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the old | 12 |
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