| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [pers pn] was [noun] [prep] | 139 |
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| 2 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun sg] [prep] | 130 |
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| 3 | [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 120 |
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| 4 | [verb] it [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 104 |
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| 5 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] of | 84 |
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| 6 | think [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 52 |
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| 7 | [verb] [pers pn] were [noun] [prep] | 45 |
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| 8 | say [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 41 |
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| 9 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun pl] [prep] | 39 |
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| 10 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] for | 37 |
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| 11 | thought [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 37 |
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| 12 | [verb] they [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 29 |
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| 13 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] part [prep] | 28 |
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| 14 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] part [prep] | 28 |
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| 15 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] time [prep] | 27 |
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| 16 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] time [prep] | 27 |
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| 17 | [vb base] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 26 |
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| 18 | said [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 26 |
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| 19 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] sort [prep] | 24 |
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| 20 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] sort [prep] | 24 |
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| 21 | [verb] he [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 18 |
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| 22 | know [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 17 |
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| 23 | [vb infin] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 14 |
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| 24 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] to | 14 |
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| 25 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun prp] [prep] | 12 |
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| 26 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] at | 11 |
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| 27 | [vb pp] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 10 |
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| 28 | knew [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 10 |
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| 29 | decide [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 10 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun] [prep] | 9 |
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