| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 198 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 146 |
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| 3 | [pron] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 53 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 38 |
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| 5 | [noun sg] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 32 |
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| 6 | they were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 28 |
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| 7 | they were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 28 |
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| 8 | [conj] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 14 |
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| 9 | [coord] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 14 |
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| 10 | [noun prp] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 14 |
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| 11 | [Wh det] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 13 |
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| 12 | which were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 13 |
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| 13 | which were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 13 |
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| 14 | [adj] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 12 |
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| 15 | we were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 9 |
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| 16 | we were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 9 |
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| 17 | and were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 8 |
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| 18 | and were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 8 |
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| 19 | [num] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 7 |
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| 20 | but were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 6 |
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| 21 | but were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 6 |
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| 22 | [n mass] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 6 |
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| 23 | men were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 5 |
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| 24 | man were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 5 |
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| 25 | were [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 48 |
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| 26 | were [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 45 |
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| 27 | were [be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 8 |
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| 28 | were be [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 8 |
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| 29 | were being [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 8 |
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| 30 | were [being] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by | 8 |
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