| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 123 |
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| 2 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] | 111 |
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| 3 | [verb] [pron] was [prep] [adj] [noun] | 110 |
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| 4 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [prep] [det] [noun] | 68 |
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| 5 | [vb past] [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 67 |
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| 6 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 63 |
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| 7 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] in [adj] [noun] | 51 |
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| 8 | [verb] it [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 37 |
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| 9 | [verb] it [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 37 |
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| 10 | think [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 36 |
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| 11 | [verb] [pron] were [prep] [adj] [noun] | 35 |
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| 12 | [vb base] [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 31 |
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| 13 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] | 29 |
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| 14 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] on [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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| 15 | [verb] he [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 27 |
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| 16 | [verb] he [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 27 |
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| 17 | know [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 22 |
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| 18 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [prep] that [noun] | 21 |
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| 19 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [prep] that [noun] | 21 |
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| 20 | [vb infin] [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 19 |
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| 21 | [verb] they [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 19 |
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| 22 | [verb] they [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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| 23 | [verb] [Wh det] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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| 24 | thought [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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| 25 | [verb] what [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 16 |
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| 26 | [vb pp] [pron] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 16 |
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| 27 | [verb] what [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 16 |
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| 28 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [prep] this [noun] | 14 |
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| 29 | [verb] [pron] [was/were] [prep] this [noun] | 14 |
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| 30 | [verb] she [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 13 |
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