| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 488 |
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| 2 | [adj] were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun] | 449 |
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| 3 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] the [noun] | 374 |
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| 4 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] the [noun] | 374 |
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| 5 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 355 |
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| 6 | [det] were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 220 |
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| 7 | [num] were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 197 |
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| 8 | [adj] were [verb] by [art] [noun] | 126 |
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| 9 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 110 |
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| 10 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 98 |
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| 11 | these were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 96 |
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| 12 | these were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 96 |
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| 13 | [adj] were [verb] in [art] [noun] | 93 |
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| 14 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 73 |
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| 15 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 65 |
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| 16 | [adj] were [verb] to [art] [noun] | 61 |
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| 17 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun prp] | 51 |
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| 18 | [adj] were [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] | 35 |
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| 19 | [adj] were [verb] on [art] [noun] | 33 |
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| 20 | [adj] were [verb] at [art] [noun] | 31 |
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| 21 | [adj] were [verb] from [art] [noun] | 29 |
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| 22 | [adj] were [verb] with [art] [noun] | 23 |
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| 23 | both were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 22 |
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| 24 | some were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 22 |
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| 25 | some were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 22 |
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| 26 | both were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 22 |
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| 27 | two were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 19 |
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| 28 | two were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 19 |
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| 29 | many were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 30 | many were [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] | 18 |
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