| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 251 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 178 |
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| 3 | [pron] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 141 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 80 |
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| 5 | [noun sg] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 52 |
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| 6 | they were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 51 |
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| 7 | they were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 51 |
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| 8 | [Wh det] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 27 |
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| 9 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 22 |
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| 10 | we were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 20 |
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| 11 | we were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 20 |
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| 12 | [conj] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 18 |
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| 13 | which were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 18 |
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| 14 | which were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 18 |
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| 15 | who were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 16 |
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| 16 | there were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 16 |
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| 17 | [ex0] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 16 |
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| 18 | there were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 16 |
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| 19 | [Wh pn] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 16 |
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| 20 | who were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 16 |
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| 21 | [coord] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 12 |
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| 22 | [det] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 11 |
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| 23 | and were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 11 |
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| 24 | [noun prp] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 11 |
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| 25 | and were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 11 |
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| 26 | [n mass] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 10 |
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| 27 | [unc] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 10 |
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| 28 | [no cls] were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 10 |
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| 29 | what were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 9 |
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| 30 | what were [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] | 9 |
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