| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] | 392 |
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| 2 | was still [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] | 118 |
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| 3 | was [adv] [v-ing] on the [noun sg] | 59 |
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| 4 | was [adv] [v-ing] on the [noun sg] | 59 |
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| 5 | was [adv] [v-ing] in the [noun sg] | 54 |
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| 6 | was [adv] [v-ing] in the [noun sg] | 54 |
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| 7 | was [adv] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] | 45 |
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| 8 | was [adv] [v-ing] at the [noun sg] | 45 |
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| 9 | was already [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] | 44 |
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| 10 | was [adv] [v-ing] to the [noun sg] | 40 |
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| 11 | was [adv] [v-ing] to the [noun sg] | 40 |
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| 12 | was [adv] [v-ing] for the [noun sg] | 30 |
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| 13 | was [adv] [v-ing] for the [noun sg] | 30 |
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| 14 | was now [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] | 29 |
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| 15 | was just [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] | 29 |
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| 16 | was [adv] [v-ing] from the [noun sg] | 25 |
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| 17 | was [adv] [v-ing] from the [noun sg] | 25 |
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| 18 | was also [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] | 22 |
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| 19 | was [adv] [v-ing] about the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 20 | was [adv] [v-ing] about the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 21 | was [adv] [v-ing] into the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 22 | was [adv] [v-ing] into the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 23 | was [adv] looking [prep] the [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 24 | was [adv] standing [prep] the [noun sg] | 18 |
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| 25 | was [adv] sitting [prep] the [noun sg] | 18 |
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| 26 | was [adv] [v-ing] with the [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 27 | was [adv] [v-ing] with the [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 28 | was [adv] talking [prep] the [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 29 | was always [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 30 | was [adv] [v-ing] by the [noun sg] | 13 |
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