| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 16943 |
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| 2 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] | 13553 |
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| 3 | [noun] was [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 13435 |
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| 4 | [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 11278 |
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| 5 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 6148 |
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| 6 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] | 5148 |
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| 7 | [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 5043 |
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| 8 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] by [art] [noun sg] | 4352 |
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| 9 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] in [art] [noun sg] | 3151 |
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| 10 | [noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 2835 |
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| 11 | [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 2349 |
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| 12 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] to [art] [noun sg] | 2143 |
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| 13 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] on [art] [noun sg] | 1594 |
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| 14 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] | 1127 |
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| 15 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] from [art] [noun sg] | 1060 |
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| 16 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] as [art] [noun sg] | 1015 |
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| 17 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] with [art] [noun sg] | 1014 |
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| 18 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] for [art] [noun sg] | 858 |
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| 19 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] an [noun sg] | 792 |
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| 20 | [noun] [was/were] [verb] into [art] [noun sg] | 615 |
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| 21 | [noun] [was/were] make [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 528 |
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| 22 | [noun] [was/were] made [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 519 |
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| 23 | [n mass] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 407 |
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| 24 | [noun] [was/were] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 288 |
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| 25 | [noun] [was/were] find [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 277 |
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| 26 | [noun] [was/were] found [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 276 |
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| 27 | [noun] [was/were] take [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 273 |
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| 28 | [noun] [was/were] taken [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 268 |
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| 29 | [noun] [was/were] use [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 245 |
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| 30 | [noun] [was/were] used [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 242 |
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