| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] | 185 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [art] [noun] | 156 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [noun] | 155 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [pron] [art] [noun] | 145 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] a [noun] | 106 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] the [noun] | 70 |
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| 7 | [was/were] give [pron] [art] [noun] | 54 |
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| 8 | were [verb] [pron] [art] [noun] | 48 |
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| 9 | [was/were] giving [pron] [art] [noun] | 39 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] him [art] [noun] | 38 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] he [art] [noun] | 38 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] her [art] [noun] | 31 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] she [art] [noun] | 31 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] i [art] [noun] | 29 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] me [art] [noun] | 28 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun] | 27 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] it [art] [noun] | 23 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] it [art] [noun] | 23 |
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| 19 | [was/were] doing [pron] [art] [noun] | 21 |
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| 20 | [was/were] do [pron] [art] [noun] | 21 |
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| 21 | [was/were] tell [pron] [art] [noun] | 19 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [Wh det] [art] [noun] | 16 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] what [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] they [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] them [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] what [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 28 | [was/were] telling [pron] [art] [noun] | 14 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] bit | 14 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] bit | 14 |
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