| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] [coord] | 97 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] and | 88 |
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| 3 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] and | 88 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] | 71 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] [conj] | 65 |
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| 6 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] [subord] | 33 |
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| 7 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] up [conj] | 18 |
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| 8 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] up [conj] | 18 |
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| 9 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] as | 14 |
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| 10 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] as | 14 |
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| 11 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] more [conj] | 13 |
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| 12 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] more [conj] | 13 |
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| 13 | [noun pl] were going [adv] [conj] | 13 |
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| 14 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] in [conj] | 12 |
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| 15 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] in [conj] | 12 |
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| 16 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] out [conj] | 12 |
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| 17 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] out [conj] | 12 |
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| 18 | things were [v-ing] [adv] [conj] | 8 |
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| 19 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] than | 8 |
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| 20 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] than | 8 |
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| 21 | [noun pl] were coming [adv] [conj] | 7 |
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| 22 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] around [conj] | 7 |
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| 23 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] around [conj] | 7 |
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| 24 | [noun pl] were moving [adv] [conj] | 6 |
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| 25 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] down [conj] | 6 |
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| 26 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] that | 6 |
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| 27 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] down [conj] | 6 |
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| 28 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] well [conj] | 6 |
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| 29 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] [that] | 6 |
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| 30 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] well [conj] | 6 |
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