| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [art] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 601 |
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| 2 | [art] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 601 |
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| 3 | the [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 497 |
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| 4 | the [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 497 |
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| 5 | [adj] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 375 |
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| 6 | [adj] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 303 |
|
| 7 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 191 |
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| 8 | [pron] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 165 |
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| 9 | [pos pn] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 158 |
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| 10 | [noun sg] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 134 |
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| 11 | a [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 99 |
|
| 12 | a [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 97 |
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| 13 | his [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 63 |
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| 14 | his [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 63 |
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| 15 | [prep] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 55 |
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| 16 | [prep] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 55 |
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| 17 | her [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 53 |
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| 18 | [conj] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 53 |
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| 19 | her [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 53 |
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| 20 | ['s] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 47 |
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| 21 | [unc] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 47 |
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| 22 | [noun prp] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 46 |
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| 23 | 's [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 45 |
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| 24 | 's [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 45 |
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| 25 | of [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 43 |
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| 26 | of [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 43 |
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| 27 | [det] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 40 |
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| 28 | and [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 36 |
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| 29 | [coord] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 36 |
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| 30 | and [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 36 |
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