| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] | 808 |
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| 2 | [noun] was [verb] the [adj] | 797 |
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| 3 | [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] | 586 |
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| 4 | [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] the [adj] | 410 |
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| 5 | [noun] [was/were] [to-vb] the [adj] | 374 |
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| 6 | [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] the [adj] | 302 |
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| 7 | [noun] were [verb] the [adj] | 290 |
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| 8 | [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] | 253 |
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| 9 | [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] the [adj] | 231 |
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| 10 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the [num ord] | 90 |
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| 11 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the [det] | 86 |
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| 12 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the same | 74 |
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| 13 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the same | 74 |
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| 14 | [noun] [was/were] give the [adj] | 57 |
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| 15 | [noun] [was/were] given the [adj] | 49 |
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| 16 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the [num] | 45 |
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| 17 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the [adj -est] | 44 |
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| 18 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the first | 41 |
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| 19 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the first | 41 |
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| 20 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the following | 38 |
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| 21 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the following | 38 |
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| 22 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the other | 35 |
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| 23 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the other | 35 |
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| 24 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the next | 27 |
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| 25 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the next | 27 |
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| 26 | [noun] [was/were] make the [adj] | 24 |
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| 27 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the new | 22 |
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| 28 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the new | 22 |
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| 29 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] the good | 22 |
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| 30 | [noun] [was/were] show the [adj] | 19 |
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