| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [verb] | 82 |
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| 2 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [prep] | 70 |
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| 3 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [prep] | 70 |
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| 4 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [adj] | 53 |
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| 5 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [adv] | 49 |
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| 6 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [adv] | 44 |
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| 7 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [adj] | 42 |
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| 8 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [vb pp] | 40 |
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| 9 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [conj] | 39 |
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| 10 | were [prep] [det] [noun] of | 26 |
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| 11 | were [prep] [det] [noun] of | 26 |
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| 12 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [unc] | 21 |
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| 13 | were [prep] [det] [noun] 's | 20 |
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| 14 | were [prep] [det] [noun] 's | 20 |
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| 15 | were [prep] [det] [noun] ['s] | 20 |
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| 16 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [noun] | 19 |
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| 17 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [v-ing] | 19 |
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| 18 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [coord] | 17 |
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| 19 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [art] | 16 |
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| 20 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [art] | 16 |
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| 21 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [subord] | 15 |
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| 22 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [pron] | 12 |
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| 23 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [vb past] | 12 |
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| 24 | were [prep] [det] [noun] and | 10 |
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| 25 | were [prep] [det] [noun] in | 10 |
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| 26 | were [prep] [det] [noun] and | 10 |
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| 27 | were [prep] [det] [noun] [noun sg] | 10 |
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| 28 | were [prep] [det] [noun] in | 10 |
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| 29 | were [prep] [det] [noun] a | 9 |
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| 30 | were [prep] [det] [noun] a | 8 |
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