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