| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 242 |
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| 2 | [noun] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 96 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 88 |
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| 4 | there was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 80 |
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| 5 | [ex0] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 80 |
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| 6 | there was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 80 |
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| 7 | [noun sg] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 77 |
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| 8 | [Wh det] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 67 |
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| 9 | it was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 63 |
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| 10 | it was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 63 |
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| 11 | what was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 62 |
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| 12 | what was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 62 |
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| 13 | [adv] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 41 |
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| 14 | [Wh adv] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 25 |
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| 15 | [adj] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 19 |
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| 16 | [conj] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 18 |
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| 17 | [coord] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 16 |
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| 18 | [det] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 16 |
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| 19 | [adv] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 15 |
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| 20 | why was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 14 |
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| 21 | why was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 14 |
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| 22 | that was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 12 |
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| 23 | [verb] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 12 |
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| 24 | that was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 12 |
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| 25 | [noun pl] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 10 |
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| 26 | [noun prp] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 9 |
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| 27 | [vb past] was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 8 |
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| 28 | truth was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 7 |
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| 29 | or was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 7 |
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| 30 | she was [pron] [verb] [adv] | 7 |
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