| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [pron] were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 492 |
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| 2 | [pron] were [prep] [art] [noun sg] [prep] | 448 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 398 |
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| 4 | [pron] were [prep] the [noun] [prep] | 394 |
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| 5 | [pron] were [prep] [art] [noun] of | 346 |
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| 6 | they were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 217 |
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| 7 | they were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 213 |
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| 8 | [pron] were in [art] [noun] [prep] | 172 |
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| 9 | [pron] were in [art] [noun] [prep] | 172 |
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| 10 | [pron] were on [art] [noun] [prep] | 108 |
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| 11 | [pron] were on [art] [noun] [prep] | 108 |
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| 12 | we were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 100 |
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| 13 | we were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 100 |
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| 14 | [pron] were at [art] [noun] [prep] | 89 |
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| 15 | [pron] were at [art] [noun] [prep] | 89 |
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| 16 | [pron] were [prep] a [noun] [prep] | 85 |
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| 17 | [Wh pn] were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 52 |
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| 18 | who were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 46 |
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| 19 | who were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 46 |
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| 20 | you were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 40 |
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| 21 | you were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 40 |
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| 22 | [pron] were [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] | 39 |
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| 23 | which were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 33 |
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| 24 | which were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 33 |
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| 25 | [Wh det] were [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] | 33 |
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| 26 | [pron] were [prep] [art] [noun] in | 28 |
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| 27 | [pron] were [prep] [art] [noun] at | 24 |
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| 28 | [pron] were [prep] [art] middle [prep] | 22 |
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| 29 | [pron] were [prep] [art] middle [prep] | 22 |
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| 30 | [pron] were under [art] [noun] [prep] | 20 |
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