| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 124 |
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| 2 | [pron] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 117 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 98 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 84 |
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| 5 | they were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 68 |
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| 6 | they were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 67 |
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| 7 | [n mass] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 22 |
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| 8 | people were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 20 |
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| 9 | people were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 20 |
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| 10 | we were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 18 |
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| 11 | we were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 18 |
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| 12 | [Wh pn] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 17 |
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| 13 | who were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 16 |
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| 14 | who were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 16 |
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| 15 | [noun sg] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 11 |
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| 16 | you were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 7 |
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| 17 | [noun prp] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 7 |
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| 18 | you were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 7 |
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| 19 | [conj] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 6 |
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| 20 | [adj] were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 6 |
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| 21 | men were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 5 |
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| 22 | man were [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 5 |
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| 23 | were [adv] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 30 |
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| 24 | were [adv] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 22 |
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| 25 | were [det] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 10 |
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| 26 | were [adj] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 10 |
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| 27 | were all [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 9 |
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| 28 | were all [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 9 |
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| 29 | were not [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 6 |
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| 30 | were [not/n't] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] | 6 |
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