| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] was a [adj] [noun sg] | 366 |
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| 2 | [verb] was a [adj] [noun] | 319 |
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| 3 | [vb past] was a [adj] [noun] | 198 |
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| 4 | [vb pp] was a [adj] [noun] | 94 |
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| 5 | [verb] was an [adj] [noun] | 63 |
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| 6 | think was a [adj] [noun] | 32 |
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| 7 | need was a [adj] [noun] | 30 |
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| 8 | thought was a [adj] [noun] | 25 |
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| 9 | [vb infin] was a [adj] [noun] | 25 |
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| 10 | [v-ing] was a [adj] [noun] | 24 |
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| 11 | hope was a [adj] [noun] | 22 |
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| 12 | see was a [adj] [noun] | 22 |
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| 13 | [to-vb] was a [adj] [noun] | 21 |
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| 14 | hoped was a [adj] [noun] | 21 |
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| 15 | saw was a [adj] [noun] | 17 |
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| 16 | [vb base] was a [adj] [noun] | 16 |
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| 17 | want was a [adj] [noun] | 16 |
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| 18 | needed was a [adj] [noun] | 15 |
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| 19 | [verb] was a good [noun] | 15 |
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| 20 | needed was a [adj] [noun] | 14 |
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| 21 | wanted was a [adj] [noun] | 14 |
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| 22 | [verb] was a small [noun] | 13 |
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| 23 | [verb] was a new [noun] | 11 |
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| 24 | say was a [adj] [noun] | 10 |
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| 25 | claim was a [adj] [noun] | 10 |
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| 26 | believe was a [adj] [noun] | 8 |
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| 27 | claimed was a [adj] [noun] | 7 |
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| 28 | [verb] was a [adj] smile | 7 |
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| 29 | said was a [adj] [noun] | 7 |
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| 30 | feel was a [adj] [noun] | 7 |
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