| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adj] [prep] | 566 |
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| 2 | was [verb] [adv] [adj] [prep] | 480 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adj] [prep] | 462 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [adj] [prep] | 349 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [adj] [prep] | 278 |
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| 6 | were [verb] [adv] [adj] [prep] | 189 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [det] [prep] | 114 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adj] of | 106 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adj] by | 105 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adj] in | 102 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adj] to | 97 |
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| 12 | [was/were] become [adv] [adj] [prep] | 93 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] much [prep] | 85 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] much [prep] | 85 |
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| 15 | [was/were] becoming [adv] [adj] [prep] | 81 |
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| 16 | [was/were] make [adv] [adj] [prep] | 74 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adj] for | 73 |
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| 18 | [was/were] made [adv] [adj] [prep] | 72 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [num] [prep] | 71 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] very [adj] [prep] | 68 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] very [adj] [prep] | 68 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [prep] | 68 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] too [adj] [prep] | 67 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] too [adj] [prep] | 67 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] more [adj] [prep] | 52 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] more [adj] [prep] | 52 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [to-vb] [adv] [adj] [prep] | 42 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] increasingly [adj] [prep] | 41 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] increasingly [adj] [prep] | 41 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] as [adj] [prep] | 38 |
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