No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | [was/were] [verb] it [prep] [art] | 122 | |
2 | [was/were] [v-ing] it [prep] [art] | 86 | |
3 | was [verb] it [prep] [art] | 81 | |
4 | [was/were] [verb] it [prep] the | 77 | |
5 | [was/were] [verb] it [prep] the | 77 | |
6 | [was/were] [verb] it [prep] a | 45 | |
7 | [was/were] [verb] it [prep] a | 41 | |
8 | were [verb] it [prep] [art] | 41 | |
9 | [was/were] [to-vb] it [prep] [art] | 30 | |
10 | [was/were] [verb] it in [art] | 22 | |
11 | [was/were] do it [prep] [art] | 17 | |
12 | [was/were] doing it [prep] [art] | 16 | |
13 | [was/were] [verb] it with [art] | 15 | |
14 | [was/were] [verb] it for [art] | 14 | |
15 | [was/were] [verb] it as [art] | 12 | |
16 | [was/were] [verb] it to [art] | 11 | |
17 | [was/were] [verb] it on [art] | 10 | |
18 | [was/were] [verb] it from [art] | 9 | |
19 | [was/were] [verb] it at [art] | 8 | |
20 | [was/were] using it [prep] [art] | 6 | |
21 | [was/were] [vb pp] it [prep] [art] | 6 | |
22 | [was/were] use it [prep] [art] | 6 | |
23 | [was/were] [verb] it into [art] | 5 |