No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] the [noun] | 70 | |
2 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] | 62 | |
3 | [was/were] [v-ing] [pron] the [noun] | 52 | |
4 | [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] | 52 | |
5 | was [verb] [pron] the [noun] | 51 | |
6 | [was/were] [verb] he the [noun] | 19 | |
7 | were [verb] [pron] the [noun] | 19 | |
8 | [was/were] [verb] him the [noun] | 19 | |
9 | [was/were] give [pron] the [noun] | 16 | |
10 | [was/were] [verb] [Wh det] the [noun] | 14 | |
11 | [was/were] tell [pron] the [noun] | 14 | |
12 | [was/were] giving [pron] the [noun] | 14 | |
13 | [was/were] [verb] her the [noun] | 13 | |
14 | [was/were] [verb] she the [noun] | 13 | |
15 | [was/were] [verb] i the [noun] | 13 | |
16 | [was/were] [verb] what the [noun] | 12 | |
17 | [was/were] [verb] me the [noun] | 12 | |
18 | [was/were] [verb] what the [noun] | 12 | |
19 | [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] the [noun] | 11 | |
20 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] the truth | 9 | |
21 | [was/were] telling [pron] the [noun] | 9 | |
22 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] the truth | 9 | |
23 | [was/were] [verb] [pron] the [noun pl] | 7 | |
24 | [was/were] offering [pron] the [noun] | 6 | |
25 | [was/were] offer [pron] the [noun] | 6 |