| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 76 |
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| 2 | he was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 75 |
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| 3 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 39 |
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| 4 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun prp] | 29 |
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| 5 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] in [noun] | 15 |
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| 6 | he [was/were] still [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 13 |
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| 7 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] for [noun] | 12 |
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| 8 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] to [noun] | 11 |
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| 9 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 10 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] with [noun] | 10 |
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| 11 | he [was/were] always [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 8 |
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| 12 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] on [noun] | 6 |
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| 13 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] from [noun] | 6 |
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| 14 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] about [noun] | 6 |
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| 15 | he [was/were] now [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 6 |
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| 16 | he [was/were] already [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 5 |
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| 17 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] at [noun] | 5 |
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| 18 | he [was/were] [adv] talking [prep] [noun] | 5 |
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| 19 | he [was/were] [adv] looking [prep] [noun] | 5 |
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| 20 | he [was/were] [adv] suffering [prep] [noun] | 5 |
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| 21 | he [was/were] just [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 5 |
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