| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] first | 469 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] first | 469 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the first | 461 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the first | 461 |
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| 5 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] first | 416 |
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| 6 | was [verb] [prep] [art] first | 294 |
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| 7 | were [verb] [prep] [art] first | 175 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] for [art] first | 141 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] for [art] first | 141 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] in [art] first | 136 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] in [art] first | 136 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] first | 47 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] by [art] first | 35 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] by [art] first | 35 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] as [art] first | 30 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] as [art] first | 30 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] on [art] first | 25 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] on [art] first | 25 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] during [art] first | 21 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] during [art] first | 21 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] to [art] first | 15 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] to [art] first | 15 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] after [art] first | 14 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] at [art] first | 14 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] after [art] first | 14 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] at [art] first | 14 |
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| 27 | [was/were] see [prep] [art] first | 11 |
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| 28 | [was/were] seen [prep] [art] first | 10 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] from [art] first | 9 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] from [art] first | 9 |
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