| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pers pn] was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 928 |
|
| 2 | he [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 346 |
|
| 3 | [pers pn] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 302 |
|
| 4 | i [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 288 |
|
| 5 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] to | 253 |
|
| 6 | [pers pn] [was/were] just [v-ing] [prep] | 234 |
|
| 7 | [pers pn] [was/were] still [v-ing] [prep] | 222 |
|
| 8 | she [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 191 |
|
| 9 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] for | 165 |
|
| 10 | they [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 152 |
|
| 11 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] about | 133 |
|
| 12 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] going [prep] | 127 |
|
| 13 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] in | 115 |
|
| 14 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] at | 112 |
|
| 15 | it [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 109 |
|
| 16 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] looking [prep] | 103 |
|
| 17 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] with | 99 |
|
| 18 | we [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 95 |
|
| 19 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] on | 88 |
|
| 20 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] talking [prep] | 78 |
|
| 21 | [pers pn] [was/were] always [v-ing] [prep] | 77 |
|
| 22 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] thinking [prep] | 77 |
|
| 23 | [pers pn] [was/were] only [v-ing] [prep] | 62 |
|
| 24 | [pers pn] [was/were] already [v-ing] [prep] | 57 |
|
| 25 | [pers pn] [was/were] also [v-ing] [prep] | 53 |
|
| 26 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] from | 46 |
|
| 27 | [pers pn] [was/were] now [v-ing] [prep] | 44 |
|
| 28 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] working [prep] | 43 |
|
| 29 | [pers pn] [was/were] actually [v-ing] [prep] | 41 |
|
| 30 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] of | 41 |
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