| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 35 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 27 |
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| 3 | they were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 4 | they were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 15 |
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| 5 | we were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 6 |
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| 6 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] | 6 |
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| 7 | we were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 6 |
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| 8 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] | 6 |
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| 9 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] in [noun sg] | 6 |
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| 10 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] in [noun sg] | 6 |
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| 11 | which were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 5 |
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| 12 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] with [noun sg] | 5 |
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| 13 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] with [noun sg] | 5 |
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| 14 | [pron] were just [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 5 |
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| 15 | [Wh det] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 5 |
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| 16 | which were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 5 |
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