| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [pers pn] was [art] [adj] | 1198 |
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| 2 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 1056 |
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| 3 | [verb] it [was/were] [art] [adj] | 826 |
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| 4 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] a [adj] | 768 |
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| 5 | [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 736 |
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| 6 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] | 409 |
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| 7 | think [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 394 |
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| 8 | say [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 311 |
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| 9 | thought [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 255 |
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| 10 | [vb base] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 224 |
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| 11 | said [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 193 |
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| 12 | [verb] he [was/were] [art] [adj] | 181 |
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| 13 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] good | 153 |
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| 14 | [vb infin] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 143 |
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| 15 | [verb] [pers pn] were [art] [adj] | 125 |
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| 16 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] an [adj] | 120 |
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| 17 | know [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 103 |
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| 18 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] good | 103 |
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| 19 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj -est] | 91 |
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| 20 | [verb] i [was/were] [art] [adj] | 89 |
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| 21 | think [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 76 |
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| 22 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [num ord] | 71 |
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| 23 | [v-ing] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 71 |
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| 24 | [verb] she [was/were] [art] [adj] | 65 |
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| 25 | [vb -s] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 59 |
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| 26 | knew [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 56 |
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| 27 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] only | 50 |
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| 28 | [vb pp] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [adj] | 50 |
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| 29 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] only | 50 |
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| 30 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [det] | 47 |
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