| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [adj] | 888 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [adj] | 858 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [adv] [adj] | 781 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [prep] [adv] [adj] | 564 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [adj] | 360 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [num] | 349 |
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| 7 | were [verb] [prep] [adv] [adj] | 325 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] by [adv] [adj] | 188 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] by [adv] [adj] | 188 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [det] | 157 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] in [adv] [adj] | 146 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] in [adv] [adj] | 146 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] with [adv] [adj] | 113 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] with [adv] [adj] | 113 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] at [adv] [adj] | 97 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] at [adv] [adj] | 97 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] for [adv] [adj] | 89 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] for [adv] [adj] | 89 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] only [adj] | 89 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] only [adj] | 89 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [adv] [adj] | 88 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] to [adv] [adj] | 65 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] to [adv] [adj] | 65 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] more [adj] | 64 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] more [adj] | 64 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] very [adj] | 59 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] very [adj] | 59 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] just [adj] | 53 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] just [adj] | 53 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] about [adj] | 50 |
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