| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] [noun sg] was the [adj] | 460 |
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| 2 | [noun sg] [noun sg] [was/were] the [adj] | 371 |
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| 3 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the [adj] | 298 |
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| 4 | [noun prp] [noun sg] [was/were] the [adj] | 115 |
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| 5 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the [num ord] | 108 |
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| 6 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the first | 80 |
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| 7 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the first | 80 |
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| 8 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the [adj -est] | 77 |
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| 9 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the only | 63 |
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| 10 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the only | 63 |
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| 11 | [noun] [noun sg] were the [adj] | 61 |
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| 12 | [noun pl] [noun sg] [was/were] the [adj] | 26 |
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| 13 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the main | 24 |
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| 14 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the main | 24 |
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| 15 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the [det] | 21 |
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| 16 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the same | 19 |
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| 17 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the same | 19 |
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| 18 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the last | 18 |
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| 19 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the last | 18 |
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| 20 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the good | 17 |
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| 21 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the best | 15 |
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| 22 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the [num] | 14 |
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| 23 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the largest | 9 |
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| 24 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the large | 9 |
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| 25 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the biggest | 8 |
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| 26 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the great | 8 |
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| 27 | [noun] house [was/were] the [adj] | 8 |
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| 28 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the worst | 8 |
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| 29 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] the big | 8 |
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| 30 | [n mass] [noun sg] [was/were] the [adj] | 8 |
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