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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] about the [noun sg]	249
2	was [verb] about the [noun]	184
3	[was/were] [v-ing] about the [noun]	163
4	[was/were] [vb pp] about the [noun]	154
5	were [verb] about the [noun]	142
6	[was/were] talk about the [noun]	63
7	[was/were] talking about the [noun]	61
8	[was/were] [verb] about the [noun pl]	53
9	[was/were] ask about the [noun]	23
10	[was/were] thinking about the [noun]	22
11	[was/were] think about the [noun]	22
12	[was/were] asked about the [noun]	19
13	[was/were] know about the [noun]	19
14	[was/were] [verb] about the [noun prp]	19
15	[was/were] say about the [noun]	18
16	[was/were] known about the [noun]	16
17	[was/were] tell about the [noun]	15
18	[was/were] express about the [noun]	15
19	[was/were] told about the [noun]	15
20	[was/were] expressed about the [noun]	15
21	[was/were] make about the [noun]	14
22	[was/were] made about the [noun]	13
23	[was/were] saying about the [noun]	11
24	[was/were] complain about the [noun]	9
25	[was/were] [to-vb] about the [noun]	8
26	[was/were] complaining about the [noun]	8
27	[was/were] [verb] about the room	7
28	[was/were] said about the [noun]	7
29	[was/were] [verb] about the room	7
30	[was/were] raised about the [noun]	6