| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 54 |
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| 2 | [pron] [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 43 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 39 |
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| 4 | [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 33 |
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| 5 | [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 12 |
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| 6 | i [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 9 |
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| 7 | i [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 9 |
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| 8 | it [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 9 |
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| 9 | he [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 9 |
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| 10 | he [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 9 |
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| 11 | it [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 9 |
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| 12 | [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 8 |
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| 13 | [conj] [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 7 |
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| 14 | [adj] [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 5 |
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| 15 | [coord] [was/were] [verb] a few [noun] | 5 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [adj] [verb] a few [noun] | 12 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] a few [noun] | 10 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [verb] a few [noun] | 10 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [adj] [verb] a few [noun] | 10 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] a few [noun] | 9 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] a few [noun] | 6 |
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| 22 | [was/were] able [verb] a few [noun] | 5 |
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| 23 | [was/were] able [verb] a few [noun] | 5 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 54 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 54 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] a few [noun] | 41 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] a few [noun] | 28 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] a few [noun] | 13 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] only a few [noun] | 12 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] only a few [noun] | 12 |
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