| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [adv] a long [noun sg] | 62 |
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| 2 | was [adv] a long [noun sg] | 54 |
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| 3 | was [verb] a long [noun sg] | 34 |
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| 4 | was quite a long [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 5 | was quite a long [noun sg] | 19 |
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| 6 | was still a long [noun sg] | 18 |
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| 7 | was still a long [noun sg] | 18 |
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| 8 | was [v-ing] a long [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 9 | was [adj] a long [noun sg] | 16 |
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| 10 | was [vb pp] a long [noun sg] | 15 |
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| 11 | was [det] a long [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 12 | was [prep] a long [noun sg] | 13 |
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| 13 | was [prep] a long [noun sg] | 13 |
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| 14 | was for a long [noun sg] | 10 |
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| 15 | was for a long [noun sg] | 10 |
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| 16 | was [not/n't] a long [noun sg] | 8 |
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| 17 | was not a long [noun sg] | 8 |
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| 18 | was all a long [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 19 | was all a long [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 20 | was such a long [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 21 | was such a long [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 22 | was take a long [noun sg] | 6 |
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| 23 | was taking a long [noun sg] | 5 |
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| 24 | was n't a long [noun sg] | 5 |
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| 25 | [pron] was a long [noun sg] | 389 |
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| 26 | [pers pn] was a long [noun sg] | 211 |
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| 27 | it was a long [noun sg] | 198 |
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| 28 | it was a long [noun sg] | 196 |
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| 29 | there was a long [noun sg] | 172 |
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| 30 | there was a long [noun sg] | 172 |
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