| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 163 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 140 |
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| 3 | it [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 122 |
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| 4 | it [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 122 |
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| 5 | [adj] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 82 |
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| 6 | [det] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 79 |
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| 7 | this [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 46 |
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| 8 | this [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 46 |
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| 9 | [noun] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 42 |
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| 10 | that [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 31 |
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| 11 | that [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 31 |
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| 12 | [noun sg] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 27 |
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| 13 | [Wh det] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 22 |
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| 14 | what [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 18 |
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| 15 | what [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 18 |
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| 16 | [noun prp] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 12 |
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| 17 | he [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 7 |
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| 18 | he [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 7 |
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| 19 | [conj] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 6 |
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| 20 | [adv] [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 5 |
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| 21 | i [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 5 |
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| 22 | i [was/were] [pron] first [noun] | 5 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] first [noun] | 60 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] first [noun] | 42 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [prep] [pron] first [noun] | 33 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [prep] [pron] first [noun] | 33 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [adv] [pron] first [noun] | 24 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [vb pp] [pron] first [noun] | 16 |
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| 29 | [was/were] in [pron] first [noun] | 12 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [not/n't] [pron] first [noun] | 12 |
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