| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adj] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 594 |
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| 2 | [art] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 508 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 508 |
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| 4 | the [noun] was [prep] [be] | 439 |
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| 5 | the [noun] was [prep] [be] | 439 |
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| 6 | [adj] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 396 |
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| 7 | [noun] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 295 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 208 |
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| 9 | [prep] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 165 |
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| 10 | [prep] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 165 |
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| 11 | [det] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 139 |
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| 12 | [pron] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 126 |
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| 13 | [conj] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 107 |
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| 14 | of [noun] was [prep] [be] | 100 |
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| 15 | of [noun] was [prep] [be] | 100 |
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| 16 | [pos pn] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 87 |
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| 17 | [noun prp] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 65 |
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| 18 | this [noun] was [prep] [be] | 60 |
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| 19 | this [noun] was [prep] [be] | 60 |
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| 20 | [unc] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 60 |
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| 21 | ['s] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 54 |
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| 22 | a [noun] was [prep] [be] | 50 |
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| 23 | 's [noun] was [prep] [be] | 49 |
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| 24 | 's [noun] was [prep] [be] | 49 |
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| 25 | a [noun] was [prep] [be] | 44 |
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| 26 | [subord] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 43 |
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| 27 | [coord] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 40 |
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| 28 | [Wh det] [noun] was [prep] [be] | 34 |
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| 29 | his [noun] was [prep] [be] | 32 |
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| 30 | his [noun] was [prep] [be] | 32 |
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