| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] | 1880 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] | 1880 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] [prep] the | 1473 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] [prep] the | 1473 |
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| 5 | was [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] | 1422 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] | 1297 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [v-ing] [noun] [prep] [art] | 840 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [vb pp] [noun] [prep] [art] | 749 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] of [art] | 500 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] of [art] | 500 |
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| 11 | were [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] | 458 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] [prep] a | 403 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 396 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] [prep] a | 343 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [to-vb] [noun] [prep] [art] | 289 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] in [art] | 286 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] in [art] | 286 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] to [art] | 192 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] to [art] | 192 |
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| 20 | [was/were] take [noun] [prep] [art] | 177 |
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| 21 | [was/were] appointed [noun] [prep] [art] | 174 |
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| 22 | [was/were] appoint [noun] [prep] [art] | 174 |
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| 23 | [was/were] elect [noun] [prep] [art] | 151 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] for [art] | 151 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] for [art] | 151 |
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| 26 | [was/were] elected [noun] [prep] [art] | 150 |
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| 27 | [was/were] taking [noun] [prep] [art] | 141 |
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| 28 | [was/were] give [noun] [prep] [art] | 140 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] at [art] | 122 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [noun] at [art] | 122 |
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