| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] | 152 |
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| 2 | was [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] | 111 |
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| 3 | was [v-ing] [pron] in the [noun sg] | 29 |
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| 4 | was [v-ing] [pron] in the [noun sg] | 29 |
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| 5 | was [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun sg] | 27 |
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| 6 | was [v-ing] they [prep] the [noun sg] | 23 |
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| 7 | was [v-ing] them [prep] the [noun sg] | 23 |
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| 8 | was [v-ing] him [prep] the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 9 | was [v-ing] she [prep] the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 10 | was [v-ing] he [prep] the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 11 | was [v-ing] her [prep] the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 12 | was [v-ing] it [prep] the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 13 | was [v-ing] it [prep] the [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 14 | was [v-ing] [pron] on the [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 15 | was [v-ing] [pron] on the [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 16 | was [v-ing] me [prep] the [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 17 | was [v-ing] i [prep] the [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 18 | was [v-ing] himself [prep] the [noun sg] | 15 |
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| 19 | was [v-ing] himself [prep] the [noun sg] | 15 |
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| 20 | was [v-ing] [indef pn] [prep] the [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 21 | was [v-ing] [pron] to the [noun sg] | 12 |
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| 22 | was [v-ing] [pron] to the [noun sg] | 12 |
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| 23 | was [v-ing] [pron] into the [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 24 | was [v-ing] [pron] about the [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 25 | was [v-ing] [pron] into the [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 26 | was [v-ing] [pron] about the [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 27 | was [v-ing] [pron] from the [noun sg] | 10 |
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| 28 | was [v-ing] [pron] from the [noun sg] | 10 |
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| 29 | was putting [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] | 9 |
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| 30 | was [v-ing] [pron] with the [noun sg] | 9 |
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