| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [art] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 424 |
|
| 2 | [art] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 424 |
|
| 3 | the [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 354 |
|
| 4 | the [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 354 |
|
| 5 | [adj] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 272 |
|
| 6 | [adj] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 223 |
|
| 7 | [noun] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 120 |
|
| 8 | [pron] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 111 |
|
| 9 | [pos pn] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 105 |
|
| 10 | [noun sg] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 87 |
|
| 11 | a [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 65 |
|
| 12 | a [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 64 |
|
| 13 | his [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 45 |
|
| 14 | his [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 45 |
|
| 15 | [conj] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 43 |
|
| 16 | [prep] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 43 |
|
| 17 | [prep] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 43 |
|
| 18 | [unc] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 35 |
|
| 19 | ['s] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 35 |
|
| 20 | her [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 34 |
|
| 21 | her [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 34 |
|
| 22 | of [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 33 |
|
| 23 | 's [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 33 |
|
| 24 | of [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 33 |
|
| 25 | 's [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 33 |
|
| 26 | [coord] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 27 |
|
| 27 | and [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 27 |
|
| 28 | and [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 27 |
|
| 29 | [det] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 27 |
|
| 30 | [noun prp] [noun sg] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 26 |
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