| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [prep] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 536 |
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| 2 | [prep] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 536 |
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| 3 | [verb] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 346 |
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| 4 | of what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 134 |
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| 5 | of what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 134 |
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| 6 | [vb past] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 108 |
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| 7 | in what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 106 |
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| 8 | in what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 106 |
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| 9 | [conj] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 85 |
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| 10 | [to-vb] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 80 |
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| 11 | [adv] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 71 |
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| 12 | [vb infin] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 66 |
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| 13 | to what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 64 |
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| 14 | to what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 64 |
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| 15 | [coord] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 57 |
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| 16 | know what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 55 |
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| 17 | [adv] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 48 |
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| 18 | [v-ing] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 43 |
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| 19 | and what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 35 |
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| 20 | and what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 35 |
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| 21 | with what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 35 |
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| 22 | with what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 35 |
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| 23 | [be] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 34 |
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| 24 | be what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 34 |
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| 25 | about what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 32 |
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| 26 | about what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 32 |
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| 27 | see what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 31 |
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| 28 | [noun] what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 28 |
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| 29 | for what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 28 |
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| 30 | for what [was/were] [verb] [prep] | 28 |
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