| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | was [verb] [num] [noun] | 1487 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [num] [noun] | 1453 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [num] [noun pl] | 1105 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [num] [noun prp] | 490 |
|
| 5 | [was/were] bear [num] [noun] | 430 |
|
| 6 | [was/were] born [num] [noun] | 430 |
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| 7 | were [verb] [num] [noun] | 348 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] [num] [noun] | 278 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [num] year | 275 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [num] years | 268 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] two [noun] | 215 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [num] [noun sg] | 184 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] three [noun] | 178 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] one [noun] | 135 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [num] time | 129 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [num] times | 128 |
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| 17 | [was/were] give [num] [noun] | 112 |
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| 18 | [was/were] given [num] [noun] | 111 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [num] month | 108 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [to-vb] [num] [noun] | 104 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [num] months | 102 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [num] day | 98 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] four [noun] | 81 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [num] days | 79 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] five [noun] | 78 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [num] week | 66 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] six [noun] | 65 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [num] weeks | 61 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [num] [n mass] | 54 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [num] hour | 50 |
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