| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 4231 |
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| 2 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] | 4134 |
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| 3 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] | 4134 |
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| 4 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 3461 |
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| 5 | was [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 2584 |
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| 6 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 1647 |
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| 7 | [was/were] [verb] by [art] [noun pl] | 1170 |
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| 8 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 686 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] in [art] [noun pl] | 616 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] to [art] [noun pl] | 484 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [verb] on [art] [noun pl] | 347 |
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| 12 | [was/were] [verb] from [art] [noun pl] | 196 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] with [art] [noun pl] | 176 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] police | 160 |
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| 15 | [was/were] [verb] for [art] [noun pl] | 158 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] at [art] [noun pl] | 153 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] into [art] [noun pl] | 116 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a [noun pl] | 95 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a [noun pl] | 89 |
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| 20 | [was/were] make [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 87 |
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| 21 | [was/were] [verb] through [art] [noun pl] | 86 |
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| 22 | [was/were] made [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 84 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 83 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] grounds | 76 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] of [art] [noun pl] | 72 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] between [art] [noun pl] | 57 |
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| 27 | [was/were] give [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 54 |
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| 28 | [was/were] hold [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 53 |
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| 29 | [was/were] held [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 53 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] about [art] [noun pl] | 53 |
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