| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [was/were] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] | 138 |
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| 2 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] | 127 |
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| 3 | was a [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] | 119 |
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| 4 | [was/were] a [noun] of [noun] [adv] | 118 |
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| 5 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [adv] | 66 |
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| 6 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [adv] | 56 |
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| 7 | [was/were] a couple [prep] [noun] [adv] | 25 |
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| 8 | [was/were] a couple [prep] [noun] [adv] | 25 |
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| 9 | were a [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] | 21 |
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| 10 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun] rather | 17 |
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| 11 | [was/were] a lot [prep] [noun] [adv] | 16 |
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| 12 | [was/were] a lot [prep] [noun] [adv] | 16 |
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| 13 | [was/were] an [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] | 13 |
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| 14 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun prp] [adv] | 11 |
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| 15 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun] ago | 10 |
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| 16 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun] there | 10 |
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| 17 | [was/were] a [noun] for [noun] [adv] | 9 |
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| 18 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun] now | 8 |
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| 19 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [n mass] [adv] | 7 |
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| 20 | [was/were] a [noun] in [noun] [adv] | 6 |
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| 21 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] year [adv] | 6 |
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| 22 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] people [adv] | 6 |
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| 23 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun] away | 6 |
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| 24 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun] here | 6 |
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| 25 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] people [adv] | 6 |
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| 26 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] years [adv] | 6 |
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| 27 | [was/were] a [noun] [prep] [noun] so | 5 |
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