| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | was [v-ing] [adv] [verb] | 261 |
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| 2 | was [v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] | 207 |
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| 3 | was [v-ing] [adv prt] [verb] | 129 |
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| 4 | was [v-ing] [adv] [v-ing] | 95 |
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| 5 | was [v-ing] [adv] [vb pp] | 60 |
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| 6 | was going [adv] [verb] | 49 |
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| 7 | was [v-ing] there [verb] | 43 |
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| 8 | was [v-ing] there [verb] | 43 |
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| 9 | was trying [adv] [verb] | 39 |
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| 10 | was [v-ing] [adv] [vb past] | 34 |
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| 11 | was [v-ing] out [verb] | 30 |
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| 12 | was sitting [adv] [verb] | 30 |
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| 13 | was [v-ing] out [verb] | 30 |
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| 14 | was becoming [adv] [verb] | 28 |
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| 15 | was [v-ing] [adv] [vb base] | 27 |
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| 16 | was standing [adv] [verb] | 25 |
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| 17 | was [v-ing] hard [verb] | 21 |
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| 18 | was [v-ing] [Wh adv] [verb] | 21 |
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| 19 | was [v-ing] hard [verb] | 21 |
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| 20 | was [v-ing] not [verb] | 18 |
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| 21 | was [v-ing] not [verb] | 18 |
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| 22 | was getting [adv] [verb] | 18 |
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| 23 | was [v-ing] [not/n't] [verb] | 18 |
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| 24 | was coming [adv] [verb] | 17 |
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| 25 | was [v-ing] [adv] do | 17 |
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| 26 | was [v-ing] increasingly [verb] | 17 |
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| 27 | was [v-ing] increasingly [verb] | 17 |
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| 28 | was [v-ing] how [verb] | 16 |
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| 29 | was [v-ing] up [verb] | 16 |
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| 30 | was [v-ing] on [verb] | 16 |
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