| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [pers pn] were [prep] | 389 |
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| 2 | [vb past] [pron] were [prep] | 220 |
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| 3 | [verb] they were [prep] | 165 |
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| 4 | [verb] they were [prep] | 161 |
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| 5 | [verb] [pron] were in | 157 |
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| 6 | [verb] you were [prep] | 126 |
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| 7 | [verb] you were [prep] | 126 |
|
| 8 | think [pron] were [prep] | 96 |
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| 9 | say [pron] were [prep] | 71 |
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| 10 | [verb] we were [prep] | 69 |
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| 11 | [verb] we were [prep] | 68 |
|
| 12 | thought [pron] were [prep] | 67 |
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| 13 | [verb] [pron] were on | 67 |
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| 14 | [vb base] [pron] were [prep] | 66 |
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| 15 | know [pron] were [prep] | 58 |
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| 16 | [vb infin] [pron] were [prep] | 58 |
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| 17 | said [pron] were [prep] | 49 |
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| 18 | [verb] [pron] were at | 49 |
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| 19 | knew [pron] were [prep] | 26 |
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| 20 | [vb pp] [pron] were [prep] | 26 |
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| 21 | [v-ing] [pron] were [prep] | 22 |
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| 22 | [verb] [pron] were to | 21 |
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| 23 | [verb] [pron] were from | 21 |
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| 24 | [to-vb] [pron] were [prep] | 20 |
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| 25 | wish [pron] were [prep] | 20 |
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| 26 | know [pron] were [prep] | 17 |
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| 27 | [verb] [pron] were with | 16 |
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| 28 | [verb] there were [prep] | 15 |
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| 29 | [verb] there were [prep] | 15 |
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| 30 | [verb] [ex0] were [prep] | 15 |
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