No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 762 | |
2 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 519 | |
3 | [pron] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 309 | |
4 | [noun sg] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 167 | |
5 | [pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 151 | |
6 | they were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 118 | |
7 | they were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 116 | |
8 | [Wh det] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 74 | |
9 | [adj] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 66 | |
10 | [Wh pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 61 | |
11 | which were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 61 | |
12 | which were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 61 | |
13 | who were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 54 | |
14 | who were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 54 | |
15 | [conj] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 48 | |
16 | [noun prp] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 44 | |
17 | [coord] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 34 | |
18 | [n mass] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 32 | |
19 | [det] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 30 | |
20 | and were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 29 | |
21 | and were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 29 | |
22 | [num] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 28 | |
23 | there were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 20 | |
24 | there were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 20 | |
25 | [ex0] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 20 | |
26 | [verb] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 17 | |
27 | we were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 17 | |
28 | [adv] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 16 | |
29 | [no cls] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 16 | |
30 | we were [vb pp] [prep] [be] | 16 |