No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] the [noun pl] | 551 | |
2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] the [noun pl] | 445 | |
3 | was [verb] [verb] the [noun pl] | 370 | |
4 | were [verb] [verb] the [noun pl] | 224 | |
5 | [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] the [noun pl] | 144 | |
6 | [was/were] used [verb] the [noun pl] | 45 | |
7 | [was/were] use [verb] the [noun pl] | 45 | |
8 | [was/were] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun pl] | 38 | |
9 | [was/were] try [verb] the [noun pl] | 34 | |
10 | [was/were] trying [verb] the [noun pl] | 34 | |
11 | [was/were] go [verb] the [noun pl] | 32 | |
12 | [was/were] going [verb] the [noun pl] | 31 | |
13 | [was/were] make [verb] the [noun pl] | 29 | |
14 | [was/were] made [verb] the [noun pl] | 29 | |
15 | [was/were] begin [verb] the [noun pl] | 24 | |
16 | [was/were] beginning [verb] the [noun pl] | 24 | |
17 | [was/were] asked [verb] the [noun pl] | 23 | |
18 | [was/were] ask [verb] the [noun pl] | 23 | |
19 | [was/were] design [verb] the [noun pl] | 20 | |
20 | [was/were] designed [verb] the [noun pl] | 20 | |
21 | [was/were] [verb] meet the [noun pl] | 16 | |
22 | [was/were] [verb] to meet the [noun pl] | 16 | |
23 | [was/were] intend [verb] the [noun pl] | 14 | |
24 | [was/were] intended [verb] the [noun pl] | 13 | |
25 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] the effects | 13 | |
26 | [was/were] expect [verb] the [noun pl] | 13 | |
27 | [was/were] allow [verb] the [noun pl] | 12 | |
28 | [was/were] expected [verb] the [noun pl] | 12 | |
29 | [was/were] need [verb] the [noun pl] | 12 | |
30 | [was/were] allowed [verb] the [noun pl] | 12 |