| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [coord] [verb] | 426 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] and [verb] | 401 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] and [verb] | 401 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 321 |
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| 5 | was [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 272 |
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| 6 | were [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 188 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [vb past] | 164 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [vb pp] | 159 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] up [conj] [verb] | 140 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 103 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] out [conj] [verb] | 92 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [v-ing] | 76 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] down [conj] [verb] | 53 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] on [conj] [verb] | 41 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] in [conj] [verb] | 38 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [vb infin] | 33 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] off [conj] [verb] | 32 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [subord] [verb] | 30 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [to-vb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 29 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] as [verb] | 25 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] as [verb] | 25 |
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| 22 | [was/were] go [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 24 |
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| 23 | [was/were] carry [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 24 |
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| 24 | [was/were] carried [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 23 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] or [verb] | 19 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] [vb base] | 19 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] or [verb] | 19 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [verb] over [conj] [verb] | 18 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [conj] kill | 18 |
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| 30 | [was/were] going [adv prt] [conj] [verb] | 17 |
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