| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 138 |
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| 2 | [noun] [was/were] [prep] an [noun sg] | 135 |
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| 3 | [noun] was [prep] an [noun] | 114 |
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| 4 | [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 96 |
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| 5 | [noun] [was/were] at an [noun] | 39 |
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| 6 | [noun] [was/were] at an [noun] | 39 |
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| 7 | [noun] [was/were] [prep] an end | 31 |
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| 8 | [noun] [was/were] [prep] an end | 31 |
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| 9 | [noun] were [prep] an [noun] | 24 |
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| 10 | [noun] [was/were] like an [noun] | 23 |
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| 11 | [noun] [was/were] like an [noun] | 23 |
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| 12 | [noun] [was/were] in an [noun] | 22 |
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| 13 | [noun] [was/were] in an [noun] | 22 |
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| 14 | [noun pl] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 21 |
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| 15 | [noun prp] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 19 |
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| 16 | [noun] [was/were] on an [noun] | 11 |
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| 17 | [noun] [was/were] on an [noun] | 11 |
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| 18 | [noun] [was/were] of an [noun] | 9 |
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| 19 | [noun] [was/were] of an [noun] | 9 |
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| 20 | [noun] [was/were] to an [noun] | 6 |
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| 21 | [noun] [was/were] to an [noun] | 6 |
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| 22 | [noun] [was/were] as an [noun] | 6 |
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| 23 | [noun] [was/were] as an [noun] | 6 |
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| 24 | [noun] [was/were] [prep] an area | 5 |
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| 25 | [noun] [was/were] [prep] an area | 5 |
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| 26 | [noun] [was/were] under an [noun] | 5 |
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| 27 | [noun] [was/were] under an [noun] | 5 |
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