| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 209 |
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| 2 | [pos pn] [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 178 |
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| 3 | his [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 56 |
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| 4 | her [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 56 |
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| 5 | his [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 56 |
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| 6 | her [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 56 |
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| 7 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] in | 36 |
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| 8 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] in | 36 |
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| 9 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] with | 35 |
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| 10 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] with | 35 |
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| 11 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] to | 29 |
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| 12 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] to | 29 |
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| 13 | [Wh det] [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 27 |
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| 14 | [pron] eyes were [v-ing] [prep] | 27 |
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| 15 | their [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 26 |
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| 16 | their [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 26 |
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| 17 | my [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 21 |
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| 18 | my [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 21 |
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| 19 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] for | 17 |
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| 20 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] for | 17 |
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| 21 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] into | 14 |
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| 22 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] into | 14 |
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| 23 | [pron] hands were [v-ing] [prep] | 14 |
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| 24 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] on | 13 |
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| 25 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] on | 13 |
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| 26 | [pron] fingers were [v-ing] [prep] | 12 |
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| 27 | what [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 12 |
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| 28 | what [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 12 |
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| 29 | [pron] [noun pl] were going [prep] | 11 |
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| 30 | our [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] | 10 |
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