| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 1151 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 1012 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] | 967 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] | 967 |
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| 5 | was [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 857 |
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| 6 | [was/were] out [prep] [art] [noun] | 433 |
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| 7 | were [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] | 294 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [adv prt] in [art] [noun] | 263 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [adv prt] of [art] [noun] | 259 |
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| 10 | [was/were] back [prep] [art] [noun] | 259 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] | 181 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] | 164 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [adv prt] on [art] [noun] | 143 |
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| 14 | [was/were] up [prep] [art] [noun] | 131 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [adv prt] to [art] [noun] | 119 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [adv prt] at [art] [noun] | 111 |
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| 17 | [was/were] down [prep] [art] [noun] | 94 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] question | 80 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] question | 80 |
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| 20 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 79 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [adv prt] for [art] [noun] | 63 |
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| 22 | [was/were] in [prep] [art] [noun] | 60 |
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| 23 | [was/were] on [prep] [art] [noun] | 60 |
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| 24 | [was/were] off [prep] [art] [noun] | 50 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun prp] | 46 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [adv prt] with [art] [noun] | 46 |
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| 27 | [was/were] over [prep] [art] [noun] | 39 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [adv prt] by [art] [noun] | 26 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] street | 20 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] time | 20 |
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