| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [conj] they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 126 |
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| 2 | [conj] they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 126 |
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| 3 | [subord] they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 96 |
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| 4 | [conj] they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 88 |
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| 5 | [conj] they were [prep] the [adj] | 87 |
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| 6 | [conj] they were [prep] the [adj] | 87 |
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| 7 | [conj] they were in [art] [adj] | 59 |
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| 8 | [conj] they were [prep] a [adj] | 38 |
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| 9 | [conj] they were [prep] a [adj] | 34 |
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| 10 | as they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 32 |
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| 11 | as they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 32 |
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| 12 | than they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 21 |
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| 13 | than they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 21 |
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| 14 | that they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 18 |
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| 15 | [that] they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 18 |
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| 16 | that they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 18 |
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| 17 | [conj] they were [prep] [art] [num ord] | 14 |
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| 18 | if they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 13 |
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| 19 | [conj] they were on [art] [adj] | 13 |
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| 20 | if they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 13 |
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| 21 | [coord] they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 12 |
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| 22 | [conj] they were [prep] [art] [det] | 10 |
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| 23 | [conj] they were [prep] [art] [num] | 10 |
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| 24 | when they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 8 |
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| 25 | and they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 8 |
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| 26 | because they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 8 |
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| 27 | because they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 8 |
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| 28 | and they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 8 |
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| 29 | when they were [prep] [art] [adj] | 8 |
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| 30 | [conj] they were at [art] [adj] | 7 |
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