| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] was [adv] [art] [noun sg] | 1687 |
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| 2 | [noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] | 1209 |
|
| 3 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] a [noun sg] | 1094 |
|
| 4 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] the [noun sg] | 608 |
|
| 5 | [noun prp] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] | 454 |
|
| 6 | [noun pl] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] | 214 |
|
| 7 | [noun] were [adv] [art] [noun sg] | 199 |
|
| 8 | [noun] [was/were] also [art] [noun sg] | 192 |
|
| 9 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] an [noun sg] | 163 |
|
| 10 | [noun] [was/were] just [art] [noun sg] | 132 |
|
| 11 | [noun] [was/were] only [art] [noun sg] | 124 |
|
| 12 | [noun] [was/were] still [art] [noun sg] | 101 |
|
| 13 | [noun] [was/were] now [art] [noun sg] | 59 |
|
| 14 | [noun] [was/were] always [art] [noun sg] | 57 |
|
| 15 | [noun] [was/were] simply [art] [noun sg] | 55 |
|
| 16 | [noun] [was/were] merely [art] [noun sg] | 54 |
|
| 17 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] [art] matter | 51 |
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| 18 | [noun] [was/were] [adv] [art] result | 51 |
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| 19 | [noun] [was/were] probably [art] [noun sg] | 49 |
|
| 20 | [noun] [was/were] once [art] [noun sg] | 46 |
|
| 21 | [noun] [was/were] almost [art] [noun sg] | 41 |
|
| 22 | [noun] [was/were] quite [art] [noun sg] | 37 |
|
| 23 | [noun] [was/were] essentially [art] [noun sg] | 35 |
|
| 24 | [noun] [was/were] really [art] [noun sg] | 34 |
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| 25 | [noun] [was/were] certainly [art] [noun sg] | 34 |
|
| 26 | [noun] [was/were] originally [art] [noun sg] | 34 |
|
| 27 | [noun] [was/were] already [art] [noun sg] | 34 |
|
| 28 | [noun] [was/were] often [art] [noun sg] | 29 |
|
| 29 | [noun] [was/were] hardly [art] [noun sg] | 29 |
|
| 30 | [noun] [was/were] clearly [art] [noun sg] | 29 |
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