| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 869 |
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| 2 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun sg] | 770 |
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| 3 | [pron] was [verb] [det] [noun] | 701 |
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| 4 | [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] [det] [noun] | 508 |
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| 5 | [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [det] [noun] | 352 |
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| 6 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] that [noun] | 293 |
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| 7 | [pron] were [verb] [det] [noun] | 280 |
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| 8 | it [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 226 |
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| 9 | it [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 226 |
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| 10 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] this [noun] | 218 |
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| 11 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun pl] | 184 |
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| 12 | i [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 163 |
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| 13 | i [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 161 |
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| 14 | he [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 148 |
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| 15 | he [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 147 |
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| 16 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] some [noun] | 132 |
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| 17 | [pron] [was/were] [to-vb] [det] [noun] | 116 |
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| 18 | they [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 106 |
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| 19 | they [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 102 |
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| 20 | we [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 96 |
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| 21 | we [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 96 |
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| 22 | she [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 82 |
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| 23 | she [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 82 |
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| 24 | [Wh det] [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 65 |
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| 25 | which [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 55 |
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| 26 | which [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 55 |
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| 27 | you [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 47 |
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| 28 | you [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 47 |
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| 29 | [pron] [was/were] do [det] [noun] | 45 |
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| 30 | [pron] [was/were] have [det] [noun] | 42 |
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