| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] was [adv] [noun] | 726 |
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| 2 | [noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [noun] | 597 |
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| 3 | [noun] were [adv] [noun] | 522 |
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| 4 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] [noun sg] | 491 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] [was/were] [adv] [noun] | 427 |
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| 6 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] [noun pl] | 345 |
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| 7 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] [n mass] | 242 |
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| 8 | [noun prp] [was/were] [adv] [noun] | 209 |
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| 9 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] [noun prp] | 168 |
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| 10 | [noun] [was/were] only [noun] | 126 |
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| 11 | [noun] [was/were] also [noun] | 103 |
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| 12 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] part | 96 |
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| 13 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] part | 96 |
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| 14 | [noun] [was/were] still [noun] | 60 |
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| 15 | [noun] [was/were] about [noun] | 57 |
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| 16 | [noun] [was/were] just [noun] | 56 |
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| 17 | [noun] [was/were] now [noun] | 44 |
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| 18 | [noun] [was/were] around [noun] | 32 |
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| 19 | [noun] [was/were] probably [noun] | 30 |
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| 20 | [noun] [was/were] once [noun] | 26 |
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| 21 | [noun] [was/were] either [noun] | 26 |
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| 22 | [noun] [was/were] always [noun] | 25 |
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| 23 | [noun] [was/were] mainly [noun] | 21 |
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| 24 | [noun] [was/were] usually [noun] | 20 |
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| 25 | [noun] [was/were] over [noun] | 20 |
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| 26 | [noun] [was/were] really [noun] | 19 |
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| 27 | [noun] [was/were] often [noun] | 19 |
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| 28 | [noun] [was/were] almost [noun] | 19 |
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| 29 | [noun] [was/were] mostly [noun] | 18 |
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| 30 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] members | 17 |
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