| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] | 1246 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] | 1167 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [noun] | 984 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] | 918 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] | 809 |
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| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] | 425 |
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| 7 | were [verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] | 328 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] a [noun] | 252 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] up [prep] a [noun] | 252 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] a [noun] | 244 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] by a [noun] | 236 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] by a [noun] | 236 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] out [prep] a [noun] | 199 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] out [prep] a [noun] | 199 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] in a [noun] | 197 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] in a [noun] | 197 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] as a [noun] | 134 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] as a [noun] | 134 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] with a [noun] | 118 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] with a [noun] | 118 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] for a [noun] | 97 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] for a [noun] | 97 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] to a [noun] | 92 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] to a [noun] | 92 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] down [prep] a [noun] | 77 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] down [prep] a [noun] | 77 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] on a [noun] | 76 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] on a [noun] | 76 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] at a [noun] | 65 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [adv] at a [noun] | 65 |
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