| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 138 |
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| 2 | [pron] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 129 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 117 |
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| 4 | [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 96 |
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| 5 | it [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 47 |
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| 6 | it [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 47 |
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| 7 | he [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 24 |
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| 8 | he [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 23 |
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| 9 | [noun pl] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 21 |
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| 10 | [noun prp] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 19 |
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| 11 | i [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 13 |
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| 12 | i [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 13 |
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| 13 | she [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 12 |
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| 14 | they [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 10 |
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| 15 | she [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 10 |
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| 16 | we [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 9 |
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| 17 | they [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 9 |
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| 18 | we [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 8 |
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| 19 | [adj] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 7 |
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| 20 | [conj] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 6 |
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| 21 | [det] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 6 |
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| 22 | [verb] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 6 |
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| 23 | that [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 5 |
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| 24 | that [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 5 |
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| 25 | [that] [was/were] [prep] an [noun] | 5 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] an [noun] | 1487 |
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| 27 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] an [noun] | 1276 |
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| 28 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] an [noun] | 193 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [adj] [prep] an [noun] | 192 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [adj] [prep] an [noun] | 166 |
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