| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [adj] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 1637 |
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| 2 | [art] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 1481 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 1481 |
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| 4 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 1333 |
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| 5 | the [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 1333 |
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| 6 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 1184 |
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| 7 | [adj] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 1069 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 684 |
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| 9 | [noun prp] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 439 |
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| 10 | [conj] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 423 |
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| 11 | [pron] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 393 |
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| 12 | [pos pn] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 349 |
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| 13 | [prep] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 318 |
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| 14 | [prep] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 318 |
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| 15 | [det] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 309 |
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| 16 | [coord] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 257 |
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| 17 | and [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 221 |
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| 18 | and [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 221 |
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| 19 | of [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 189 |
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| 20 | of [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 189 |
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| 21 | [num] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 174 |
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| 22 | [unc] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 156 |
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| 23 | his [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 154 |
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| 24 | his [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 154 |
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| 25 | ['s] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 143 |
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| 26 | a [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 135 |
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| 27 | 's [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 125 |
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| 28 | 's [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 125 |
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| 29 | [subord] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 122 |
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| 30 | a [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] | 122 |
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