| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] a [adj] [noun] [prep] | 11203 |
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| 2 | [was/were] a [adj] [noun] [prep] | 10828 |
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| 3 | [was/were] a [noun] [noun] [prep] | 1023 |
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| 4 | [was/were] a [noun sg] [noun] [prep] | 913 |
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| 5 | [was/were] a great [noun] [prep] | 418 |
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| 6 | [was/were] a great [noun] [prep] | 389 |
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| 7 | [was/were] a good [noun] [prep] | 271 |
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| 8 | [was/were] a good [noun] [prep] | 248 |
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| 9 | [was/were] a [adj -er] [noun] [prep] | 203 |
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| 10 | [was/were] a important [noun] [prep] | 193 |
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| 11 | [was/were] a important [noun] [prep] | 193 |
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| 12 | [was/were] a major [noun] [prep] | 190 |
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| 13 | [was/were] a major [noun] [prep] | 190 |
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| 14 | [was/were] a small [noun] [prep] | 173 |
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| 15 | [was/were] a small [noun] [prep] | 167 |
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| 16 | [was/were] a big [noun] [prep] | 152 |
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| 17 | [was/were] a big [noun] [prep] | 148 |
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| 18 | [was/were] a long [noun] [prep] | 134 |
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| 19 | [was/were] a long [noun] [prep] | 129 |
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| 20 | [was/were] a large [noun] [prep] | 125 |
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| 21 | [was/were] a large [noun] [prep] | 122 |
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| 22 | [was/were] a new [noun] [prep] | 121 |
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| 23 | [was/were] a new [noun] [prep] | 121 |
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| 24 | [was/were] a significant [noun] [prep] | 117 |
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| 25 | [was/were] a significant [noun] [prep] | 117 |
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| 26 | [was/were] a little [noun] [prep] | 104 |
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| 27 | [was/were] a [det] [noun] [prep] | 102 |
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| 28 | [was/were] a clear [noun] [prep] | 98 |
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| 29 | [was/were] a little [noun] [prep] | 98 |
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| 30 | [was/were] a clear [noun] [prep] | 97 |
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