| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [art] | 686 |
|
| 2 | [noun sg] [noun] was [verb] [art] | 454 |
|
| 3 | [noun sg] [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [art] | 387 |
|
| 4 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] the | 340 |
|
| 5 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] the | 340 |
|
| 6 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] a | 322 |
|
| 7 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [art] | 294 |
|
| 8 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] a | 290 |
|
| 9 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [art] | 242 |
|
| 10 | [noun sg] [noun] were [verb] [art] | 232 |
|
| 11 | [noun sg] [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [art] | 206 |
|
| 12 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [to-vb] [art] | 149 |
|
| 13 | [noun sg] [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [art] | 84 |
|
| 14 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] give [art] | 72 |
|
| 15 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] given [art] | 71 |
|
| 16 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] an | 32 |
|
| 17 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] make [art] | 18 |
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| 18 | time [noun] [was/were] [verb] [art] | 17 |
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| 19 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] every | 17 |
|
| 20 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] [verb] every | 17 |
|
| 21 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] consider [art] | 15 |
|
| 22 | [noun sg] council [was/were] [verb] [art] | 13 |
|
| 23 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] take [art] | 13 |
|
| 24 | [noun sg] system [was/were] [verb] [art] | 12 |
|
| 25 | [noun sg] council [was/were] [verb] [art] | 12 |
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| 26 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] have [art] | 12 |
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| 27 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] become [art] | 11 |
|
| 28 | [noun sg] system [was/were] [verb] [art] | 11 |
|
| 29 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] considered [art] | 10 |
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| 30 | [noun sg] [noun] [was/were] show [art] | 9 |
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