No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | [was/were] [pers pn] [v-ing] [prep] the | 57 | |
2 | was [pron] [v-ing] [prep] the | 44 | |
3 | were [pron] [v-ing] [prep] the | 30 | |
4 | [was/were] [pron] [v-ing] in the | 25 | |
5 | [was/were] you [v-ing] [prep] the | 20 | |
6 | [was/were] you [v-ing] [prep] the | 20 | |
7 | [was/were] [pron] doing [prep] the | 18 | |
8 | [was/were] he [v-ing] [prep] the | 15 | |
9 | [was/were] he [v-ing] [prep] the | 15 | |
10 | [was/were] [indef pn] [v-ing] [prep] the | 14 | |
11 | [was/were] [pron] [v-ing] about the | 9 | |
12 | [was/were] [pron] [v-ing] to the | 9 | |
13 | [was/were] they [v-ing] [prep] the | 8 | |
14 | [was/were] [pron] [v-ing] on the | 8 | |
15 | [was/were] they [v-ing] [prep] the | 8 | |
16 | [was/were] [pron] talking [prep] the | 7 | |
17 | [was/were] [pron] [v-ing] at the | 6 | |
18 | [was/were] something [v-ing] [prep] the | 6 | |
19 | [was/were] she [v-ing] [prep] the | 6 | |
20 | [was/were] something [v-ing] [prep] the | 6 | |
21 | [was/were] she [v-ing] [prep] the | 5 |