| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | were [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] | 549 |
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| 2 | were [vb pp] [adj] [noun pl] | 403 |
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| 3 | were [vb pp] [adj] [noun] | 355 |
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| 4 | were given [adj] [noun] | 235 |
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| 5 | were [vb pp] [num] [noun] | 235 |
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| 6 | were [vb pp] [det] [noun] | 219 |
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| 7 | were [vb pp] [num ord] [noun] | 193 |
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| 8 | were [vb pp] last [noun] | 186 |
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| 9 | were [vb pp] last [noun] | 186 |
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| 10 | were [vb pp] [adj] year | 138 |
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| 11 | were [vb pp] [adj] year | 87 |
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| 12 | were [vb pp] [adj] time | 54 |
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| 13 | were [vb pp] [adj] years | 51 |
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| 14 | were [vb pp] [adj] week | 51 |
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| 15 | were [vb pp] this [noun] | 51 |
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| 16 | were [vb pp] this [noun] | 51 |
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| 17 | were [vb pp] [adj] night | 46 |
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| 18 | were [vb pp] [adj] [noun prp] | 46 |
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| 19 | were [vb pp] three [noun] | 45 |
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| 20 | were [vb pp] [adj] month | 45 |
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| 21 | were [vb pp] that [noun] | 45 |
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| 22 | were [vb pp] three [noun] | 45 |
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| 23 | were [vb pp] [adj] night | 45 |
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| 24 | were [vb pp] that [noun] | 45 |
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| 25 | were [vb pp] [adj] times | 42 |
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| 26 | were [vb pp] [adj] day | 37 |
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| 27 | were [vb pp] [adj] week | 35 |
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| 28 | were [vb pp] two [noun] | 35 |
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| 29 | were [vb pp] two [noun] | 35 |
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| 30 | were [vb pp] each [noun] | 30 |
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