| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] | 244 |
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| 2 | was [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 172 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 172 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 169 |
|
| 5 | were [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 80 |
|
| 6 | [was/were] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 79 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] as [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 78 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] as [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 78 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] he [vb past] [prep] | 77 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] he [vb past] [prep] | 77 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] to | 66 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [coord] [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 64 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] and [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 58 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] and [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 58 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] when [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 52 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] when [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 52 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] she [vb past] [prep] | 50 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] she [vb past] [prep] | 50 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] they [vb past] [prep] | 44 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] they [vb past] [prep] | 44 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] in | 37 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] it [vb past] [prep] | 32 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] it [vb past] [prep] | 32 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] i [vb past] [prep] | 25 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] i [vb past] [prep] | 25 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] into | 23 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [pron] went [prep] | 19 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] at | 18 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] for | 17 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [that] [pron] [vb past] [prep] | 16 |
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