| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [adj] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 357 |
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| 2 | [art] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 310 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 310 |
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| 4 | the [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 301 |
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| 5 | the [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 301 |
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| 6 | [noun] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 239 |
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| 7 | [adj] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 211 |
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| 8 | [pron] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 136 |
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| 9 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 131 |
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| 10 | [pos pn] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 113 |
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| 11 | [conj] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 113 |
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| 12 | [noun prp] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 97 |
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| 13 | [prep] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 84 |
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| 14 | [prep] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 84 |
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| 15 | [coord] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 68 |
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| 16 | [det] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 60 |
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| 17 | and [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 59 |
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| 18 | and [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 59 |
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| 19 | [unc] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 58 |
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| 20 | ['s] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 55 |
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| 21 | 's [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 51 |
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| 22 | 's [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 51 |
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| 23 | his [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 46 |
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| 24 | his [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 46 |
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| 25 | [num] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 40 |
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| 26 | of [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 38 |
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| 27 | of [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 38 |
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| 28 | [num ord] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 29 |
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| 29 | [subord] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 28 |
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| 30 | [Wh det] [noun] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] | 23 |
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