| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] | 483 |
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| 2 | was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] | 392 |
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| 3 | was still [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] | 141 |
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| 4 | was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun pl] | 72 |
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| 5 | was [adv] [v-ing] in the [noun] | 69 |
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| 6 | was [adv] [v-ing] in the [noun] | 69 |
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| 7 | was [adv] [v-ing] on the [noun] | 61 |
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| 8 | was [adv] [v-ing] on the [noun] | 61 |
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| 9 | was [adv] [v-ing] at the [noun] | 57 |
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| 10 | was [adv] [v-ing] at the [noun] | 57 |
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| 11 | was already [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] | 54 |
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| 12 | was [adv] [v-ing] to the [noun] | 49 |
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| 13 | was [adv] [v-ing] to the [noun] | 49 |
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| 14 | was [adv] [v-ing] for the [noun] | 39 |
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| 15 | was [adv] [v-ing] for the [noun] | 39 |
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| 16 | was now [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] | 35 |
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| 17 | was just [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] | 34 |
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| 18 | was [adv] [v-ing] from the [noun] | 34 |
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| 19 | was [adv] [v-ing] from the [noun] | 34 |
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| 20 | was also [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] | 26 |
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| 21 | was [adv] [v-ing] with the [noun] | 25 |
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| 22 | was [adv] [v-ing] about the [noun] | 25 |
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| 23 | was [adv] [v-ing] with the [noun] | 25 |
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| 24 | was [adv] [v-ing] about the [noun] | 25 |
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| 25 | was [adv] [v-ing] into the [noun] | 23 |
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| 26 | was [adv] [v-ing] into the [noun] | 23 |
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| 27 | was [adv] looking [prep] the [noun] | 22 |
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| 28 | was [adv] sitting [prep] the [noun] | 19 |
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| 29 | was [adv] standing [prep] the [noun] | 18 |
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| 30 | was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun prp] | 18 |
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