| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [art] | 131 |
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| 2 | [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [adv] [art] | 124 |
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| 3 | [noun] was [verb] [prep] [adv] [art] | 83 |
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| 4 | [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [art] | 76 |
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| 5 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] the | 66 |
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| 6 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] the | 66 |
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| 7 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] a | 53 |
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| 8 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] a | 51 |
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| 9 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [adv] [art] | 48 |
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| 10 | [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [art] | 36 |
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| 11 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] by [adv] [art] | 32 |
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| 12 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] only [art] | 30 |
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| 13 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] both [art] | 27 |
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| 14 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] at [adv] [art] | 21 |
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| 15 | [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [art] | 17 |
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| 16 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] with [adv] [art] | 16 |
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| 17 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] to [adv] [art] | 16 |
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| 18 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] for [adv] [art] | 14 |
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| 19 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] in [adv] [art] | 13 |
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| 20 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] every | 12 |
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| 21 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] every | 12 |
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| 22 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] almost [art] | 10 |
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| 23 | [noun] [was/were] made [prep] [adv] [art] | 9 |
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| 24 | [noun] [was/were] make [prep] [adv] [art] | 9 |
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| 25 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] either [art] | 9 |
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| 26 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] least [art] | 8 |
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| 27 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] from [adv] [art] | 8 |
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| 28 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] exactly [art] | 7 |
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| 29 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] nearly [art] | 6 |
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| 30 | [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [adv] [art] | 5 |
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