| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 148 |
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| 2 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 127 |
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| 3 | [verb] was [prep] [art] [noun] | 119 |
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| 4 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] the [noun] | 107 |
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| 5 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] the [noun] | 107 |
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| 6 | [vb past] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 73 |
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| 7 | [verb] [was/were] in [art] [noun] | 45 |
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| 8 | [vb pp] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 37 |
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| 9 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] a [noun] | 36 |
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| 10 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] a [noun] | 30 |
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| 11 | [verb] were [prep] [art] [noun] | 29 |
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| 12 | [verb] [was/were] on [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 13 | [verb] [was/were] at [art] [noun] | 16 |
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| 14 | do [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 13 |
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| 15 | [v-ing] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 13 |
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| 16 | [verb] [was/were] for [art] [noun] | 13 |
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| 17 | [verb] [was/were] of [art] [noun] | 12 |
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| 18 | [to-vb] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 11 |
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| 19 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun prp] | 11 |
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| 20 | see [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 9 |
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| 21 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 8 |
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| 22 | have [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 8 |
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| 23 | say [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 8 |
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| 24 | [verb] [was/were] from [art] [noun] | 8 |
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| 25 | [vb base] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 7 |
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| 26 | did [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 7 |
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| 27 | had [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 7 |
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| 28 | said [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] | 6 |
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| 29 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 6 |
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| 30 | [verb] [was/were] like [art] [noun] | 5 |
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