| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 1078 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 924 |
|
| 3 | [pron] was [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 858 |
|
| 4 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] | 824 |
|
| 5 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] | 824 |
|
| 6 | it [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 318 |
|
| 7 | it [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 318 |
|
| 8 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] in [art] [noun sg] | 298 |
|
| 9 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] | 241 |
|
| 10 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] | 224 |
|
| 11 | [pron] were [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 220 |
|
| 12 | he [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 201 |
|
| 13 | he [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 201 |
|
| 14 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] at [art] [noun sg] | 146 |
|
| 15 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] on [art] [noun sg] | 137 |
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| 16 | i [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 121 |
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| 17 | i [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 120 |
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| 18 | [pron] [was/were] still [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 103 |
|
| 19 | she [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 101 |
|
| 20 | she [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 101 |
|
| 21 | they [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 101 |
|
| 22 | they [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 97 |
|
| 23 | [pron] [was/were] only [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 94 |
|
| 24 | [pron] [was/were] there [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 68 |
|
| 25 | who [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 67 |
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| 26 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 67 |
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| 27 | who [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 67 |
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| 28 | [pron] [was/were] [adv] like [art] [noun sg] | 66 |
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| 29 | [Wh det] [was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 56 |
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| 30 | [pron] [was/were] just [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 55 |
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