| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [adj] [coord] [adv] [verb] | 284 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] | 275 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [adj] and [adv] [verb] | 245 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [adj] and [adv] [verb] | 245 |
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| 5 | was [adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] | 224 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] | 198 |
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| 7 | were [adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] | 98 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [vb past] | 64 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] well [verb] | 35 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [v-ing] | 34 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [adj] [subord] [adv] [verb] | 30 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [adj] but [adv] [verb] | 29 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [adj] but [adv] [verb] | 29 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [adj] than [adv] [verb] | 18 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [num] [conj] [adv] [verb] | 18 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [adj] than [adv] [verb] | 18 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] then [verb] | 15 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [det] [conj] [adv] [verb] | 14 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [vb base] | 14 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [adj -er] [conj] [adv] [verb] | 14 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] never [verb] | 12 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [adj] or [adv] [verb] | 10 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [adj] or [adv] [verb] | 10 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] still [verb] | 10 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] only [verb] | 9 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [to-vb] | 9 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [adj] [that] [adv] [verb] | 8 |
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| 28 | [was/were] tall [conj] [adv] [verb] | 8 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] have | 8 |
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| 30 | [was/were] tall [conj] [adv] [verb] | 8 |
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