| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adj] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 111 |
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| 2 | [art] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 109 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 109 |
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| 4 | the [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 95 |
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| 5 | the [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 95 |
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| 6 | [adj] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 79 |
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| 7 | [noun] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 69 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 54 |
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| 9 | [prep] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 47 |
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| 10 | [prep] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 47 |
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| 11 | [conj] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 39 |
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| 12 | of [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 30 |
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| 13 | of [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 30 |
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| 14 | [det] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 23 |
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| 15 | [coord] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 22 |
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| 16 | and [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 21 |
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| 17 | and [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 21 |
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| 18 | [subord] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 17 |
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| 19 | if [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 16 |
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| 20 | if [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 16 |
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| 21 | a [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 13 |
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| 22 | a [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 12 |
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| 23 | this [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 11 |
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| 24 | this [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 11 |
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| 25 | [noun prp] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 10 |
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| 26 | in [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 7 |
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| 27 | [unc] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 7 |
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| 28 | in [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 7 |
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| 29 | [pos pn] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 6 |
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| 30 | [pron] [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 6 |
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