| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adj] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 483 |
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| 2 | [adj] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 314 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 258 |
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| 4 | [art] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 258 |
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| 5 | [noun] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 239 |
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| 6 | the [noun] were [prep] [be] | 230 |
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| 7 | the [noun] were [prep] [be] | 230 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 202 |
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| 9 | [conj] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 149 |
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| 10 | [det] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 104 |
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| 11 | [prep] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 94 |
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| 12 | [prep] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 94 |
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| 13 | [coord] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 90 |
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| 14 | and [noun] were [prep] [be] | 86 |
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| 15 | and [noun] were [prep] [be] | 86 |
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| 16 | [pron] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 66 |
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| 17 | of [noun] were [prep] [be] | 58 |
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| 18 | of [noun] were [prep] [be] | 58 |
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| 19 | [num] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 47 |
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| 20 | [pos pn] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 46 |
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| 21 | [subord] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 46 |
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| 22 | these [noun] were [prep] [be] | 37 |
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| 23 | these [noun] were [prep] [be] | 37 |
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| 24 | if [noun] were [prep] [be] | 36 |
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| 25 | if [noun] were [prep] [be] | 36 |
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| 26 | [noun prp] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 24 |
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| 27 | [verb] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 23 |
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| 28 | new [noun] were [prep] [be] | 22 |
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| 29 | [unc] [noun] were [prep] [be] | 22 |
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| 30 | new [noun] were [prep] [be] | 22 |
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