| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] | 190 |
|
| 2 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 173 |
|
| 3 | [pron] was [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 141 |
|
| 4 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 88 |
|
| 5 | it [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 83 |
|
| 6 | it [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 83 |
|
| 7 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] in [art] [noun pl] | 61 |
|
| 8 | [pron] [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 53 |
|
| 9 | [pron] were [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 52 |
|
| 10 | [pron] [was/were] [not/n't] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 52 |
|
| 11 | [pron] [was/were] not [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 52 |
|
| 12 | [pron] [was/were] n't [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 31 |
|
| 13 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] on [art] [noun pl] | 23 |
|
| 14 | he [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 23 |
|
| 15 | he [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 23 |
|
| 16 | they [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 23 |
|
| 17 | they [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 22 |
|
| 18 | [pron] [was/were] not [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 21 |
|
| 19 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] for [art] [noun pl] | 19 |
|
| 20 | [pron] [was/were] out [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 17 |
|
| 21 | [pron] [was/were] out [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 17 |
|
| 22 | [pron] [was/were] back [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 16 |
|
| 23 | [pron] [was/were] back [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 16 |
|
| 24 | i [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 14 |
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| 25 | i [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 14 |
|
| 26 | [pron] [was/were] still [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 14 |
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| 27 | [pron] [was/were] still [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 14 |
|
| 28 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] to [art] [noun pl] | 12 |
|
| 29 | she [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 12 |
|
| 30 | [Wh det] [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 12 |
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