| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | they were [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 550 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 538 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 453 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] | 429 |
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| 5 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] | 349 |
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| 6 | [pers pn] were [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 252 |
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| 7 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] | 223 |
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| 8 | [pers pn] were [verb] by [adj] [noun] | 144 |
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| 9 | [pers pn] were [verb] in [adj] [noun] | 141 |
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| 10 | we were [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 134 |
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| 11 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [num] [noun] | 114 |
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| 12 | [pers pn] were [verb] to [adj] [noun] | 89 |
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| 13 | [pers pn] were [verb] with [adj] [noun] | 86 |
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| 14 | [pers pn] were [verb] for [adj] [noun] | 72 |
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| 15 | [pers pn] were [verb] on [adj] [noun] | 55 |
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| 16 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] this [noun] | 49 |
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| 17 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] this [noun] | 49 |
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| 18 | you were [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] | 48 |
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| 19 | [pers pn] were [verb] at [adj] [noun] | 46 |
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| 20 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] that [noun] | 42 |
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| 21 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] that [noun] | 42 |
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| 22 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] each [noun] | 34 |
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| 23 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] each [noun] | 34 |
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| 24 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [adj] other | 32 |
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| 25 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [adj] other | 31 |
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| 26 | [pers pn] were look [prep] [adj] [noun] | 31 |
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| 27 | [pers pn] were [verb] from [adj] [noun] | 31 |
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| 28 | [pers pn] were looking [prep] [adj] [noun] | 30 |
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| 29 | [pers pn] were talk [prep] [adj] [noun] | 30 |
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| 30 | [pers pn] were talking [prep] [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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