| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 158 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [verb] | 154 |
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| 3 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 146 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [vb pp] | 89 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adv] | 77 |
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| 6 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adv] | 75 |
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| 7 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [v-ing] | 65 |
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| 8 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [prep] | 52 |
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| 9 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [prep] | 52 |
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| 10 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [art] | 28 |
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| 11 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [noun] | 28 |
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| 12 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [art] | 28 |
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| 13 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] in | 24 |
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| 14 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] in | 24 |
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| 15 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 16 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] the | 15 |
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| 17 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] the | 15 |
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| 18 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] a | 12 |
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| 19 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] more | 11 |
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| 20 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] more | 11 |
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| 21 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] a | 9 |
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| 22 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [noun sg] | 8 |
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| 23 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj -er] | 7 |
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| 24 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] of | 6 |
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| 25 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] of | 6 |
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| 26 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] used | 6 |
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| 27 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] use | 6 |
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| 28 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] too | 5 |
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| 29 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] break | 5 |
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| 30 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] too | 5 |
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