| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] | 256 |
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| 2 | were [vb pp] [coord] [verb] [prep] [art] | 228 |
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| 3 | were [vb pp] [conj] [vb pp] [prep] [art] | 203 |
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| 4 | were [vb pp] and [verb] [prep] [art] | 196 |
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| 5 | were [vb pp] and [verb] [prep] [art] | 196 |
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| 6 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] [prep] the | 187 |
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| 7 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] by [art] | 66 |
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| 8 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] by [art] | 66 |
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| 9 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] [prep] a | 56 |
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| 10 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] in [art] | 55 |
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| 11 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] in [art] | 55 |
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| 12 | were [vb pp] [conj] [vb past] [prep] [art] | 33 |
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| 13 | were [vb pp] or [verb] [prep] [art] | 31 |
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| 14 | were [vb pp] or [verb] [prep] [art] | 31 |
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| 15 | were [vb pp] [subord] [verb] [prep] [art] | 27 |
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| 16 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] to [art] | 26 |
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| 17 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] to [art] | 26 |
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| 18 | were [vb pp] as [verb] [prep] [art] | 25 |
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| 19 | were [vb pp] as [verb] [prep] [art] | 25 |
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| 20 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] with [art] | 20 |
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| 21 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] with [art] | 20 |
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| 22 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] for [art] | 16 |
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| 23 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] for [art] | 16 |
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| 24 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] on [art] | 13 |
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| 25 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] on [art] | 13 |
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| 26 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] [prep] an | 13 |
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| 27 | were [vb pp] [conj] [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 13 |
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| 28 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] into [art] | 12 |
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| 29 | were [vb pp] [conj] [verb] into [art] | 12 |
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| 30 | were killed [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] | 11 |
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