| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [prep] [det] [noun] | 223 |
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| 2 | [noun] were [prep] [det] [noun sg] | 173 |
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| 3 | [noun pl] were [prep] [det] [noun] | 145 |
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| 4 | [noun] were in [det] [noun] | 105 |
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| 5 | [noun] were in [det] [noun] | 105 |
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| 6 | [noun] were [prep] this [noun] | 51 |
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| 7 | [noun] were [prep] [det] [noun pl] | 49 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] were [prep] [det] [noun] | 46 |
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| 9 | [noun] were [prep] any [noun] | 36 |
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| 10 | [noun] were [prep] some [noun] | 34 |
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| 11 | [noun] were [prep] [det] case | 34 |
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| 12 | [noun] were at [det] [noun] | 33 |
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| 13 | [noun] were at [det] [noun] | 33 |
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| 14 | [noun] were [prep] that [noun] | 30 |
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| 15 | [noun] were of [det] [noun] | 30 |
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| 16 | [noun] were of [det] [noun] | 30 |
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| 17 | [noun] were [prep] [det] time | 28 |
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| 18 | [noun] were [prep] [det] time | 26 |
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| 19 | [noun] were [prep] [det] way | 22 |
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| 20 | [noun] were [prep] [det] case | 21 |
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| 21 | [noun prp] were [prep] [det] [noun] | 21 |
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| 22 | [noun] were [prep] many [noun] | 19 |
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| 23 | [noun] were [prep] [det] way | 16 |
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| 24 | [noun] were [prep] [det] cases | 13 |
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| 25 | [noun] were to [det] [noun] | 12 |
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| 26 | [noun] were to [det] [noun] | 12 |
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| 27 | [noun] were by [det] [noun] | 11 |
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| 28 | [n mass] were [prep] [det] [noun] | 11 |
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| 29 | [noun] were by [det] [noun] | 11 |
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| 30 | [noun] were on [det] [noun] | 10 |
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