| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [vb pp] [conj] [verb] | 4341 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [coord] [verb] | 4224 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] and [verb] | 3764 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] and [verb] | 3764 |
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| 5 | was [verb] [conj] [verb] | 3389 |
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| 6 | were [verb] [conj] [verb] | 1970 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [vb pp] | 1869 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [vb past] | 1662 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [v-ing] | 1302 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [subord] [verb] | 1018 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] as [verb] | 867 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] as [verb] | 867 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 797 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] or [verb] | 392 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] or [verb] | 392 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] have | 246 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] | 207 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [vb infin] | 193 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] say | 172 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] saying | 157 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] having | 146 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [vb -s] | 143 |
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| 23 | [was/were] see [conj] [verb] | 141 |
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| 24 | [was/were] seen [conj] [verb] | 137 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [vb base] | 124 |
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| 26 | [was/were] quote [conj] [verb] | 124 |
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| 27 | [was/were] quoted [conj] [verb] | 124 |
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| 28 | [was/were] arrested [conj] [verb] | 121 |
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| 29 | [was/were] arrest [conj] [verb] | 121 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] [that] [verb] | 117 |
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