| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 219 |
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| 2 | was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun prp] | 152 |
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| 3 | was [adv] [v-ing] in [noun] | 93 |
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| 4 | was still [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 76 |
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| 5 | was [adv] [v-ing] to [noun] | 75 |
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| 6 | was [adv] [v-ing] with [noun] | 74 |
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| 7 | was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] | 66 |
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| 8 | was just [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 48 |
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| 9 | was [adv] [v-ing] for [noun] | 44 |
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| 10 | was now [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 36 |
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| 11 | was [adv] going [prep] [noun] | 31 |
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| 12 | was [adv] [v-ing] at [noun] | 28 |
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| 13 | was [adv] [v-ing] from [noun] | 27 |
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| 14 | was also [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 26 |
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| 15 | was already [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 25 |
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| 16 | was [adv] [v-ing] on [noun] | 22 |
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| 17 | was [adv] [v-ing] about [noun] | 20 |
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| 18 | was [adv] talking [prep] [noun] | 20 |
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| 19 | was [adv] looking [prep] [noun] | 17 |
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| 20 | was [adv] living [prep] [noun] | 17 |
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| 21 | was [adv] thinking [prep] [noun] | 16 |
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| 22 | was [adv] [v-ing] into [noun] | 15 |
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| 23 | was always [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 15 |
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| 24 | was almost [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 14 |
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| 25 | was then [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 12 |
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| 26 | was [adv] lacking [prep] [noun] | 11 |
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| 27 | was soon [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 11 |
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| 28 | was [adv] working [prep] [noun] | 11 |
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| 29 | was [adv] suffering [prep] [noun] | 11 |
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| 30 | was only [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 10 |
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