| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] were [v-ing] [coord] [verb] | 113 |
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| 2 | [pron] were [v-ing] and [verb] | 102 |
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| 3 | [pron] were [v-ing] and [verb] | 102 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 98 |
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| 5 | [pron] were [v-ing] [conj] [v-ing] | 80 |
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| 6 | they were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 68 |
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| 7 | they were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 67 |
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| 8 | [pron] were [v-ing] [conj] [vb past] | 23 |
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| 9 | we were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 18 |
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| 10 | we were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 18 |
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| 11 | [Wh pn] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 17 |
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| 12 | who were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 16 |
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| 13 | who were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 16 |
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| 14 | [pron] were doing [conj] [verb] | 12 |
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| 15 | [pron] were [v-ing] or [verb] | 11 |
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| 16 | [pron] were [v-ing] or [verb] | 11 |
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| 17 | [pron] were laughing [conj] [verb] | 10 |
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| 18 | [pron] were [v-ing] [conj] [vb base] | 9 |
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| 19 | you were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 7 |
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| 20 | [pron] were [v-ing] [conj] make | 7 |
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| 21 | you were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 7 |
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| 22 | [pron] were [v-ing] [conj] do | 5 |
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| 23 | [pron] were talking [conj] [verb] | 5 |
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