| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [was/were] a [noun] for [noun] | 273 |
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| 2 | [was/were] a [noun sg] for [noun] | 272 |
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| 3 | was a [noun] for [noun] | 261 |
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| 4 | [was/were] a [noun] for [noun sg] | 140 |
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| 5 | [was/were] a [noun] for [noun prp] | 68 |
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| 6 | [was/were] a [noun] for [noun pl] | 60 |
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| 7 | [was/were] a need for [noun] | 13 |
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| 8 | [was/were] a need for [noun] | 13 |
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| 9 | were a [noun] for [noun] | 12 |
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| 10 | [was/were] a matter for [noun] | 11 |
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| 11 | [was/were] a matter for [noun] | 11 |
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| 12 | [was/were] a victory for [noun] | 9 |
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| 13 | [was/were] a victory for [noun] | 9 |
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| 14 | [was/were] a tendency for [noun] | 8 |
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| 15 | [was/were] a time for [noun] | 8 |
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| 16 | [was/were] a tendency for [noun] | 8 |
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| 17 | [was/were] a time for [noun] | 8 |
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| 18 | [was/were] a [noun] for life | 6 |
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| 19 | [was/were] a [noun] for life | 6 |
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| 20 | [was/were] a struggle for [noun] | 6 |
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| 21 | [was/were] a struggle for [noun] | 6 |
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| 22 | [was/were] a cause for [noun] | 5 |
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| 23 | [was/were] a recipe for [noun] | 5 |
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| 24 | [was/were] a recipe for [noun] | 5 |
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| 25 | [was/were] a problem for [noun] | 5 |
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| 26 | [was/were] a stickler for [noun] | 5 |
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| 27 | [was/were] a [noun] for [n mass] | 5 |
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| 28 | [was/were] a cause for [noun] | 5 |
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| 29 | [was/were] a centre for [noun] | 5 |
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| 30 | [was/were] a stickler for [noun] | 5 |
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