| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | were [verb] [adv] [prep] the [noun] | 669 |
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| 2 | were [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] | 640 |
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| 3 | were [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] | 595 |
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| 4 | were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] | 196 |
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| 5 | were [verb] [adv] in [art] [noun] | 160 |
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| 6 | were [verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun] | 119 |
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| 7 | were [verb] [adv] by [art] [noun] | 117 |
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| 8 | were [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] | 95 |
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| 9 | were [verb] [adv] to [art] [noun] | 72 |
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| 10 | were [verb] [adv] on [art] [noun] | 71 |
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| 11 | were [verb] away [prep] [art] [noun] | 65 |
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| 12 | were [verb] together [prep] [art] [noun] | 65 |
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| 13 | were [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun prp] | 52 |
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| 14 | were [verb] [adv] from [art] [noun] | 49 |
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| 15 | were [verb] [adv] at [art] [noun] | 46 |
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| 16 | were [verb] [adv] over [art] [noun] | 39 |
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| 17 | were [verb] all [prep] [art] [noun] | 39 |
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| 18 | were [verb] [adv] with [art] [noun] | 29 |
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| 19 | were [verb] [adv] for [art] [noun] | 29 |
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| 20 | were [verb] yesterday [prep] [art] [noun] | 25 |
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| 21 | were [verb] only [prep] [art] [noun] | 22 |
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| 22 | were [verb] [adv] after [art] [noun] | 21 |
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| 23 | were [verb] forward [prep] [art] [noun] | 20 |
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| 24 | were [verb] directly [prep] [art] [noun] | 19 |
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| 25 | were bring [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 26 | were sit [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 27 | were take [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 28 | were brought [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 29 | were [verb] [adv] into [art] [noun] | 18 |
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| 30 | were taken [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] | 17 |
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