| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | and [verb] [pers pn] was | 620 |
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| 2 | [coord] [vb past] [pers pn] was | 572 |
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| 3 | [coord] [verb] it was | 345 |
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| 4 | [coord] say [pers pn] was | 261 |
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| 5 | [coord] said [pers pn] was | 212 |
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| 6 | [coord] [verb] he was | 201 |
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| 7 | [coord] [verb] she was | 125 |
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| 8 | but [verb] [pers pn] was | 120 |
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| 9 | [coord] [vb base] [pers pn] was | 86 |
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| 10 | [coord] [verb] i was | 73 |
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| 11 | [coord] think [pers pn] was | 69 |
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| 12 | [coord] know [pers pn] was | 59 |
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| 13 | [coord] thought [pers pn] was | 55 |
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| 14 | [coord] knew [pers pn] was | 52 |
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| 15 | [coord] [v-ing] [pers pn] was | 49 |
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| 16 | [coord] find [pers pn] was | 36 |
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| 17 | [coord] found [pers pn] was | 31 |
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| 18 | [coord] decide [pers pn] was | 28 |
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| 19 | or [verb] [pers pn] was | 27 |
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| 20 | [coord] realise [pers pn] was | 26 |
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| 21 | [coord] decided [pers pn] was | 26 |
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| 22 | [coord] [vb -s] [pers pn] was | 26 |
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| 23 | [coord] realised [pers pn] was | 25 |
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| 24 | [coord] see [pers pn] was | 23 |
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| 25 | [coord] saw [pers pn] was | 19 |
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| 26 | [coord] feel [pers pn] was | 18 |
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| 27 | [coord] pretend [pers pn] was | 18 |
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| 28 | [coord] felt [pers pn] was | 16 |
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| 29 | [coord] [to-vb] [pers pn] was | 15 |
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| 30 | [coord] [vb infin] [pers pn] was | 15 |
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