| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 188 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 148 |
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| 3 | [pron] were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 48 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 37 |
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| 5 | [noun sg] were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 32 |
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| 6 | they were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 20 |
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| 7 | they were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 20 |
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| 8 | we were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 13 |
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| 9 | we were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 12 |
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| 10 | [Wh pn] were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 10 |
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| 11 | who were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 9 |
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| 12 | who were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 9 |
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| 13 | [adj] were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 7 |
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| 14 | [num] were [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 5 |
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| 15 | were [adv] [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 85 |
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| 16 | were [adv] [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 72 |
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| 17 | were not [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 13 |
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| 18 | were [not/n't] [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 13 |
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| 19 | were not [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 12 |
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| 20 | were [be] [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 7 |
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| 21 | were being [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 7 |
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| 22 | were be [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 7 |
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| 23 | were [being] [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 7 |
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| 24 | were also [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 6 |
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| 25 | were also [vb pp] [conj] [prep] | 6 |
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| 26 | were [vb pp] [adv] [conj] [prep] | 61 |
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| 27 | were [vb pp] [adv] [conj] [prep] | 39 |
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| 28 | were [vb pp] [prep] [conj] [prep] | 38 |
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| 29 | were [vb pp] [prep] [conj] [prep] | 38 |
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| 30 | were [vb pp] [adv prt] [conj] [prep] | 22 |
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