| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] was [art] [noun] [noun] | 143 |
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| 2 | [verb] [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun sg] | 139 |
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| 3 | [verb] [was/were] [art] [noun sg] [noun] | 132 |
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| 4 | [vb past] [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 88 |
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| 5 | [verb] [was/were] the [noun] [noun] | 87 |
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| 6 | [verb] [was/were] a [noun] [noun] | 80 |
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| 7 | [vb pp] [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 40 |
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| 8 | [verb] [was/were] [art] [noun prp] [noun] | 31 |
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| 9 | [verb] were [art] [noun] [noun] | 29 |
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| 10 | [verb] [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 11 | [vb infin] [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 14 |
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| 12 | [to-vb] [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 14 |
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| 13 | see [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 12 |
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| 14 | [verb] [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun prp] | 12 |
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| 15 | think [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 10 |
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| 16 | [v-ing] [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 10 |
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| 17 | thought [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 9 |
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| 18 | use [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 7 |
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| 19 | need [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 6 |
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| 20 | want [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 6 |
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| 21 | saw [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 6 |
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| 22 | used [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 6 |
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| 23 | wanted [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 6 |
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| 24 | say [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 5 |
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| 25 | do [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 5 |
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| 26 | [verb] [was/were] [art] [n mass] [noun] | 5 |
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| 27 | mention [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 5 |
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| 28 | [verb] [was/were] an [noun] [noun] | 5 |
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| 29 | needed [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 5 |
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| 30 | [vb base] [was/were] [art] [noun] [noun] | 5 |
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