No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [art] | 87 | |
2 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [art] | 78 | |
3 | was [verb] [verb] [pron] [art] | 74 | |
4 | [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] [art] | 55 | |
5 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] a | 49 | |
6 | [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] [art] | 37 | |
7 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] the | 37 | |
8 | [was/were] going [verb] [pron] [art] | 35 | |
9 | [was/were] go [verb] [pron] [art] | 35 | |
10 | [was/were] [verb] give [pron] [art] | 33 | |
11 | [was/were] [verb] to give [pron] [art] | 31 | |
12 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] him [art] | 22 | |
13 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] he [art] | 22 | |
14 | were [verb] [verb] [pron] [art] | 18 | |
15 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] it [art] | 15 | |
16 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] it [art] | 15 | |
17 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] she [art] | 13 | |
18 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] her [art] | 13 | |
19 | [was/were] [verb] make [pron] [art] | 12 | |
20 | [was/were] [verb] to make [pron] [art] | 10 | |
21 | [was/were] try [verb] [pron] [art] | 9 | |
22 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] i [art] | 9 | |
23 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] me [art] | 9 | |
24 | [was/were] trying [verb] [pron] [art] | 9 | |
25 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] you [art] | 8 | |
26 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] you [art] | 8 | |
27 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] what [art] | 7 | |
28 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] what [art] | 7 | |
29 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] [Wh det] [art] | 7 | |
30 | [was/were] [verb] to tell [pron] [art] | 6 |