| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] | 2956 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] the [noun] | 2433 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun sg] | 2425 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 2126 |
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| 5 | were [verb] [verb] the [noun] | 1095 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] the [noun] | 743 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun pl] | 594 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] | 216 |
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| 9 | [was/were] go [verb] the [noun] | 211 |
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| 10 | [was/were] going [verb] the [noun] | 210 |
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| 11 | [was/were] use [verb] the [noun] | 204 |
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| 12 | [was/were] used [verb] the [noun] | 200 |
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| 13 | [was/were] try [verb] the [noun] | 164 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the [noun prp] | 163 |
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| 15 | [was/were] trying [verb] the [noun] | 158 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] use the [noun] | 133 |
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| 17 | [was/were] make [verb] the [noun] | 128 |
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| 18 | [was/were] made [verb] the [noun] | 127 |
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| 19 | [was/were] design [verb] the [noun] | 113 |
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| 20 | [was/were] designed [verb] the [noun] | 113 |
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| 21 | [was/were] ask [verb] the [noun] | 109 |
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| 22 | [was/were] asked [verb] the [noun] | 109 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] using the [noun] | 104 |
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| 24 | [was/were] intend [verb] the [noun] | 95 |
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| 25 | [was/were] forced [verb] the [noun] | 93 |
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| 26 | [was/were] force [verb] the [noun] | 93 |
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| 27 | [was/were] intended [verb] the [noun] | 87 |
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| 28 | [was/were] begin [verb] the [noun] | 87 |
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| 29 | [was/were] beginning [verb] the [noun] | 87 |
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| 30 | [was/were] determine [verb] the [noun] | 81 |
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