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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [adj]	268
2	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [adj]	195
3	was [v-ing] for [art] [adj]	173
4	[was/were] [v-ing] for a [adj]	143
5	[was/were] [v-ing] for the [adj]	113
6	were [v-ing] for [art] [adj]	95
7	[was/were] looking for [art] [adj]	71
8	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [num ord]	40
9	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] first	24
10	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] first	24
11	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] new	19
12	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] new	19
13	[was/were] heading for [art] [adj]	15
14	[was/were] waiting for [art] [adj]	14
15	[was/were] [v-ing] for an [adj]	11
16	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [adj -er]	11
17	[was/were] preparing for [art] [adj]	11
18	[was/were] hoping for [art] [adj]	10
19	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [det]	8
20	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [num]	8
21	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] good	8
22	[was/were] searching for [art] [adj]	8
23	[was/were] working for [art] [adj]	8
24	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] long	7
25	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] long	7
26	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] [adj -est]	6
27	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] same	6
28	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] same	6
29	[was/were] [v-ing] for [art] good	5
30	[was/were] pressing for [art] [adj]	5