| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [coord] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 260 |
|
| 2 | [conj] was [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 254 |
|
| 3 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 249 |
|
| 4 | and [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 247 |
|
| 5 | and [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 247 |
|
| 6 | [conj] were [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 102 |
|
| 7 | that [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 96 |
|
| 8 | that [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 96 |
|
| 9 | [that] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 96 |
|
| 10 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] a | 93 |
|
| 11 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] in [art] | 57 |
|
| 12 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] on [art] | 43 |
|
| 13 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] for [art] | 42 |
|
| 14 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] at [art] | 34 |
|
| 15 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] to [art] | 23 |
|
| 16 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] with [art] | 19 |
|
| 17 | [conj] [was/were] looking [prep] [art] | 18 |
|
| 18 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] towards [art] | 15 |
|
| 19 | [conj] [was/were] sitting [prep] [art] | 14 |
|
| 20 | [conj] [was/were] lying [prep] [art] | 14 |
|
| 21 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] from [art] | 14 |
|
| 22 | [conj] [was/were] standing [prep] [art] | 13 |
|
| 23 | [conj] [was/were] going [prep] [art] | 13 |
|
| 24 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] an | 13 |
|
| 25 | [conj] [was/were] working [prep] [art] | 13 |
|
| 26 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] over [art] | 12 |
|
| 27 | [conj] [was/were] coming [prep] [art] | 11 |
|
| 28 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] through [art] | 11 |
|
| 29 | [conj] [was/were] [v-ing] into [art] | 11 |
|
| 30 | but [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 10 |
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