| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 472 |
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| 2 | was [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 464 |
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| 3 | was [v-ing] the [adj] [noun pl] | 102 |
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| 4 | was [v-ing] the [num ord] [noun] | 51 |
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| 5 | was [v-ing] the other [noun] | 48 |
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| 6 | was [v-ing] the other [noun] | 48 |
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| 7 | was [v-ing] the [det] [noun] | 39 |
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| 8 | was [v-ing] the same [noun] | 36 |
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| 9 | was [v-ing] the same [noun] | 36 |
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| 10 | was [v-ing] the [adj] thing | 33 |
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| 11 | was [v-ing] the [adj] thing | 33 |
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| 12 | was doing the [adj] [noun] | 28 |
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| 13 | was [v-ing] the [adj] way | 27 |
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| 14 | was [v-ing] the [adj] way | 27 |
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| 15 | was [v-ing] the [adj] day | 22 |
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| 16 | was [v-ing] the first [noun] | 22 |
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| 17 | was [v-ing] the right [noun] | 22 |
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| 18 | was [v-ing] the right [noun] | 22 |
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| 19 | was [v-ing] the [adj] day | 22 |
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| 20 | was [v-ing] the first [noun] | 22 |
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| 21 | was [v-ing] the [adj -est] [noun] | 17 |
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| 22 | was [v-ing] the [num] [noun] | 16 |
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| 23 | was wearing the [adj] [noun] | 15 |
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| 24 | was [v-ing] the last [noun] | 13 |
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| 25 | was [v-ing] the last [noun] | 13 |
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| 26 | was taking the [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 27 | was [v-ing] the wrong [noun] | 12 |
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| 28 | was using the [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 29 | was saying the [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 30 | was thinking the [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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