| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | there were tears in [pron] [noun] | 36 |
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| 2 | there were tears in [pos pn] [noun] | 36 |
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| 3 | there were tears [prep] his [noun] | 14 |
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| 4 | there were [noun pl] in his [noun] | 14 |
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| 5 | there were tears [prep] his [noun] | 14 |
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| 6 | there [be] tears in his [noun] | 14 |
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| 7 | there were [noun] in his [noun] | 14 |
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| 8 | there be tears in his [noun] | 14 |
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| 9 | [pron] were tears in his [noun] | 13 |
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| 10 | there were tear in his [noun] | 13 |
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| 11 | there were tears in his [noun] | 13 |
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| 12 | there were tears in his [noun] | 13 |
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| 13 | there were tears in his [noun] | 13 |
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| 14 | there [was/were] tears in his [noun] | 13 |
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| 15 | [ex0] were tears in his [noun] | 13 |
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