| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 441 |
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| 2 | [verb] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 273 |
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| 3 | [noun sg] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 246 |
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| 4 | [adv] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 162 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 150 |
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| 6 | [adv] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 132 |
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| 7 | [adj] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 100 |
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| 8 | [conj] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 95 |
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| 9 | [vb past] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 79 |
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| 10 | [adj] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 71 |
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| 11 | [vb pp] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 65 |
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| 12 | [pron] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 58 |
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| 13 | [coord] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 57 |
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| 14 | [prep] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 56 |
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| 15 | [prep] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 56 |
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| 16 | [pers pn] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 50 |
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| 17 | as [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 45 |
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| 18 | as [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 45 |
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| 19 | [noun prp] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 39 |
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| 20 | [to-vb] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 35 |
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| 21 | [subord] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 33 |
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| 22 | they [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 31 |
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| 23 | and [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 31 |
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| 24 | and [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 31 |
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| 25 | them [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 30 |
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| 26 | [vb infin] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 29 |
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| 27 | [v-ing] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 28 |
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| 28 | [adv prt] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 25 |
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| 29 | [vb base] [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 23 |
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| 30 | as [conj] they were [verb] [prep] | 23 |
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