| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [v-ing] [adv] | 2173 |
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| 2 | [pron] were [v-ing] [adv] | 2012 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] were [v-ing] [adv] | 1841 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] | 1526 |
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| 5 | they were [v-ing] [adv] | 883 |
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| 6 | they were [v-ing] [adv] | 846 |
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| 7 | we were [v-ing] [adv] | 533 |
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| 8 | we were [v-ing] [adv] | 527 |
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| 9 | you were [v-ing] [adv] | 306 |
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| 10 | [noun sg] were [v-ing] [adv] | 305 |
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| 11 | you were [v-ing] [adv] | 304 |
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| 12 | [noun prp] were [v-ing] [adv] | 180 |
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| 13 | [n mass] were [v-ing] [adv] | 162 |
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| 14 | [conj] were [v-ing] [adv] | 143 |
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| 15 | people were [v-ing] [adv] | 128 |
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| 16 | people were [v-ing] [adv] | 128 |
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| 17 | [Wh pn] were [v-ing] [adv] | 119 |
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| 18 | who were [v-ing] [adv] | 118 |
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| 19 | who were [v-ing] [adv] | 118 |
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| 20 | [adj] were [v-ing] [adv] | 95 |
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| 21 | thing were [v-ing] [adv] | 95 |
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| 22 | things were [v-ing] [adv] | 95 |
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| 23 | [coord] were [v-ing] [adv] | 85 |
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| 24 | and were [v-ing] [adv] | 77 |
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| 25 | and were [v-ing] [adv] | 77 |
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| 26 | man were [v-ing] [adv] | 56 |
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| 27 | [that] were [v-ing] [adv] | 56 |
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| 28 | that were [v-ing] [adv] | 56 |
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| 29 | that were [v-ing] [adv] | 56 |
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| 30 | men were [v-ing] [adv] | 55 |
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