| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 167 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 144 |
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| 3 | [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 105 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 72 |
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| 5 | they were [v-ing] [prep] be | 64 |
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| 6 | they were [v-ing] [prep] be | 62 |
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| 7 | we were [v-ing] [prep] be | 38 |
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| 8 | we were [v-ing] [prep] be | 38 |
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| 9 | you were [v-ing] [prep] be | 32 |
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| 10 | you were [v-ing] [prep] be | 32 |
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| 11 | there were [v-ing] [prep] be | 16 |
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| 12 | there were [v-ing] [prep] be | 16 |
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| 13 | [noun sg] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 16 |
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| 14 | [ex0] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 16 |
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| 15 | [noun prp] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 9 |
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| 16 | [n mass] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 8 |
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| 17 | [conj] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 8 |
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| 18 | things were [v-ing] [prep] be | 6 |
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| 19 | people were [v-ing] [prep] be | 6 |
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| 20 | [adj] were [v-ing] [prep] be | 6 |
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| 21 | thing were [v-ing] [prep] be | 6 |
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| 22 | people were [v-ing] [prep] be | 6 |
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| 23 | it were [v-ing] [prep] be | 5 |
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| 24 | it were [v-ing] [prep] be | 5 |
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| 25 | were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] be | 76 |
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| 26 | were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] be | 47 |
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| 27 | were [not/n't] [v-ing] [prep] be | 29 |
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| 28 | were not [v-ing] [prep] be | 29 |
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| 29 | were n't [v-ing] [prep] be | 17 |
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| 30 | were not [v-ing] [prep] be | 12 |
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