| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 306 |
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| 2 | [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 281 |
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| 3 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] the [num ord] | 278 |
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| 4 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] the [num ord] | 278 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 222 |
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| 6 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] first | 120 |
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| 7 | [noun] were [verb] in [art] [num ord] | 109 |
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| 8 | [noun] were [verb] for [art] [num ord] | 61 |
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| 9 | [noun sg] were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 45 |
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| 10 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] second | 42 |
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| 11 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] last | 31 |
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| 12 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] a [num ord] | 28 |
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| 13 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] a [num ord] | 28 |
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| 14 | [noun prp] were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 27 |
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| 15 | [noun] were [verb] during [art] [num ord] | 25 |
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| 16 | [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 21 |
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| 17 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] next | 20 |
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| 18 | [noun] were [verb] by [art] [num ord] | 18 |
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| 19 | [noun] were [verb] at [art] [num ord] | 16 |
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| 20 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] third | 15 |
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| 21 | [noun] were [verb] on [art] [num ord] | 14 |
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| 22 | [n mass] were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 12 |
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| 23 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] seventeenth | 11 |
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| 24 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] fourth | 11 |
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| 25 | [noun] were [verb] from [art] [num ord] | 9 |
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| 26 | [noun] were [verb] to [art] [num ord] | 9 |
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| 27 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [art] nineteenth | 8 |
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| 28 | [noun] were added [prep] [art] [num ord] | 7 |
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| 29 | [noun] were add [prep] [art] [num ord] | 7 |
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| 30 | [noun] were [verb] over [art] [num ord] | 7 |
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