| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [coord] [verb] | 77 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 65 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] and [verb] | 63 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] and [verb] | 63 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 60 |
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| 6 | was [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 55 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [vb past] | 28 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] up [conj] [verb] | 28 |
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| 9 | were [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 26 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [vb pp] | 26 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] out [conj] [verb] | 16 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] or [verb] | 13 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] or [verb] | 13 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [v-ing] | 13 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 11 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [vb infin] | 10 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 9 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] down [conj] [verb] | 9 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [not/n't] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 9 |
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| 20 | [was/were] not [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 9 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] off [conj] [verb] | 9 |
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| 22 | [was/were] then [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 8 |
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| 23 | [was/were] then [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 8 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [adv] [verb] in [conj] [verb] | 8 |
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| 25 | [was/were] about [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 7 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [adv prt] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 7 |
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| 27 | [was/were] about [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 7 |
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| 28 | [was/were] not [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 7 |
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| 29 | [was/were] either [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 6 |
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| 30 | [was/were] either [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 6 |
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