| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] this [noun] | 813 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] this [noun] | 662 |
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| 3 | [was/were] laid [prep] [adj] [noun] | 43 |
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| 4 | [was/were] laid [prep] [det] [noun] | 28 |
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| 5 | [be] laid [prep] this [noun] | 26 |
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| 6 | [was/were] lay [prep] this [noun] | 25 |
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| 7 | [was/were] laid [prep] this [noun] | 25 |
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