| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [adj] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 777 |
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| 2 | [art] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 660 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 660 |
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| 4 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 572 |
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| 5 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 548 |
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| 6 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 548 |
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| 7 | [adj] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 506 |
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| 8 | [pron] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 316 |
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| 9 | [noun prp] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 294 |
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| 10 | [conj] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 289 |
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| 11 | [pos pn] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 280 |
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| 12 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 256 |
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| 13 | [prep] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 184 |
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| 14 | [prep] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 184 |
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| 15 | [coord] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 166 |
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| 16 | [det] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 149 |
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| 17 | and [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 144 |
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| 18 | and [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 144 |
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| 19 | his [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 125 |
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| 20 | his [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 125 |
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| 21 | [unc] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 123 |
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| 22 | ['s] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 114 |
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| 23 | 's [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 111 |
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| 24 | 's [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 111 |
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| 25 | of [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 99 |
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| 26 | of [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 99 |
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| 27 | a [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 97 |
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| 28 | a [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 91 |
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| 29 | her [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 82 |
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| 30 | her [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] | 82 |
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