No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [conj] they were [prep] | 1121 | |
2 | [subord] they were [prep] | 797 | |
3 | [adv] they were [prep] | 203 | |
4 | as they were [prep] | 199 | |
5 | as they were [prep] | 199 | |
6 | that they were [prep] | 185 | |
7 | [that] they were [prep] | 185 | |
8 | that they were [prep] | 185 | |
9 | [verb] they were [prep] | 161 | |
10 | [noun] they were [prep] | 155 | |
11 | [coord] they were [prep] | 139 | |
12 | if they were [prep] | 139 | |
13 | if they were [prep] | 139 | |
14 | [adv] they were [prep] | 138 | |
15 | when they were [prep] | 121 | |
16 | when they were [prep] | 121 | |
17 | [noun sg] they were [prep] | 102 | |
18 | and they were [prep] | 99 | |
19 | and they were [prep] | 99 | |
20 | [vb past] they were [prep] | 97 | |
21 | [pron] they were [prep] | 83 | |
22 | than they were [prep] | 80 | |
23 | than they were [prep] | 80 | |
24 | [adj] they were [prep] | 72 | |
25 | [Wh adv] they were [prep] | 60 | |
26 | [Wh det] they were [prep] | 58 | |
27 | [adj] they were [prep] | 51 | |
28 | while they were [prep] | 50 | |
29 | while they were [prep] | 50 | |
30 | because they were [prep] | 49 |