| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [pers pn] | 313 |
|
| 2 | [verb] [pers pn] was [verb] [pers pn] | 247 |
|
| 3 | [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 194 |
|
| 4 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] it | 110 |
|
| 5 | think [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 100 |
|
| 6 | [verb] [pers pn] were [verb] [pers pn] | 100 |
|
| 7 | [verb] he [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 91 |
|
| 8 | [verb] i [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 84 |
|
| 9 | thought [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 65 |
|
| 10 | know [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 63 |
|
| 11 | [vb base] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 51 |
|
| 12 | say [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 50 |
|
| 13 | [verb] she [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 48 |
|
| 14 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] her | 47 |
|
| 15 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] him | 46 |
|
| 16 | [verb] you [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 43 |
|
| 17 | said [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 42 |
|
| 18 | [vb infin] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 41 |
|
| 19 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] you | 39 |
|
| 20 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] me | 37 |
|
| 21 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] them | 35 |
|
| 22 | knew [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 35 |
|
| 23 | [verb] they [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 35 |
|
| 24 | [verb] it [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 23 |
|
| 25 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] doing [pers pn] | 23 |
|
| 26 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] do [pers pn] | 23 |
|
| 27 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [to-vb] [pers pn] | 22 |
|
| 28 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] tell [pers pn] | 22 |
|
| 29 | [v-ing] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 22 |
|
| 30 | [vb pp] [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] | 21 |
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