| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [vb pp] [conj] [verb] [conj] | 283 |
|
| 2 | was [verb] [conj] [verb] [conj] | 228 |
|
| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [coord] [verb] [conj] | 227 |
|
| 4 | [was/were] [verb] and [verb] [conj] | 199 |
|
| 5 | [was/were] [verb] and [verb] [conj] | 199 |
|
| 6 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [v-ing] [conj] | 160 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] [coord] | 130 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] [that] | 124 |
|
| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] that | 124 |
|
| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] that | 124 |
|
| 11 | were [verb] [conj] [verb] [conj] | 123 |
|
| 12 | [was/were] [verb] [subord] [verb] [conj] | 121 |
|
| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] and | 117 |
|
| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] and | 117 |
|
| 15 | [was/were] [verb] as [verb] [conj] | 113 |
|
| 16 | [was/were] [verb] as [verb] [conj] | 113 |
|
| 17 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [vb past] [conj] | 107 |
|
| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] [subord] | 97 |
|
| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] say [conj] | 85 |
|
| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] saying [conj] | 83 |
|
| 21 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [vb pp] [conj] | 68 |
|
| 22 | [was/were] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] [conj] | 65 |
|
| 23 | [was/were] quoted [conj] [verb] [conj] | 58 |
|
| 24 | [was/were] quote [conj] [verb] [conj] | 58 |
|
| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] as | 46 |
|
| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [conj] [verb] as | 46 |
|
| 27 | [was/were] reported [conj] [verb] [conj] | 26 |
|
| 28 | [was/were] report [conj] [verb] [conj] | 26 |
|
| 29 | [was/were] [verb] or [verb] [conj] | 22 |
|
| 30 | [was/were] [verb] or [verb] [conj] | 22 |
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