| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adj] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 2457 |
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| 2 | [art] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 1796 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 1796 |
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| 4 | the [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 1788 |
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| 5 | the [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 1788 |
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| 6 | [adj] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 1526 |
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| 7 | [noun] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 999 |
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| 8 | [pron] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 926 |
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| 9 | [pos pn] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 832 |
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| 10 | [noun sg] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 792 |
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| 11 | [conj] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 629 |
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| 12 | [det] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 495 |
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| 13 | [num] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 366 |
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| 14 | [coord] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 297 |
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| 15 | his [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 287 |
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| 16 | his [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 287 |
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| 17 | and [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 276 |
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| 18 | and [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 276 |
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| 19 | her [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 245 |
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| 20 | her [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 245 |
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| 21 | [prep] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 222 |
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| 22 | [prep] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 222 |
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| 23 | that [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 188 |
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| 24 | that [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 188 |
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| 25 | [that] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 188 |
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| 26 | of [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 186 |
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| 27 | of [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 186 |
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| 28 | [unc] [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 182 |
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| 29 | two [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 181 |
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| 30 | two [noun pl] were [v-ing] | 181 |
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