| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 208 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 146 |
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| 3 | [pron] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 80 |
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| 4 | [noun sg] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 44 |
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| 5 | [pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 38 |
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| 6 | they were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 32 |
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| 7 | they were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 32 |
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| 8 | [Wh det] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 25 |
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| 9 | which were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 17 |
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| 10 | which were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 17 |
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| 11 | [adj] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 16 |
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| 12 | [conj] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 15 |
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| 13 | [Wh pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 14 |
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| 14 | who were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 14 |
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| 15 | who were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 14 |
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| 16 | [coord] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 10 |
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| 17 | [noun prp] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 10 |
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| 18 | [no cls] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 10 |
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| 19 | [unc] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 10 |
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| 20 | and were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 9 |
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| 21 | and were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 9 |
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| 22 | what were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 8 |
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| 23 | what were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 8 |
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| 24 | [n mass] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 8 |
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| 25 | [adv] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 7 |
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| 26 | [adv] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 7 |
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| 27 | [num] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 6 |
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| 28 | [det] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 6 |
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| 29 | we were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 6 |
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| 30 | we were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 6 |
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