| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pers pn] were [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] | 249 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 240 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] were [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] | 186 |
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| 4 | they were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 122 |
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| 5 | we were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 80 |
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| 6 | [pers pn] were [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] | 52 |
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| 7 | you were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 38 |
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| 8 | [pers pn] were have a [adj] [noun] | 32 |
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| 9 | [pers pn] were having a [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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| 10 | [pers pn] were give a [adj] [noun] | 27 |
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| 11 | [pers pn] were given a [adj] [noun] | 27 |
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| 12 | [pers pn] were [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] | 26 |
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| 13 | [pers pn] were [verb] a new [noun] | 18 |
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| 14 | [pers pn] were [verb] a new [noun] | 18 |
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| 15 | [pers pn] were [verb] a good [noun] | 15 |
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| 16 | [pers pn] were [verb] a [adj] time | 15 |
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| 17 | [pers pn] were [verb] a [adj] time | 15 |
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| 18 | [pers pn] were [verb] a good [noun] | 14 |
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| 19 | [pers pn] were [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] | 13 |
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| 20 | [pers pn] were get a [adj] [noun] | 13 |
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| 21 | [pers pn] were getting a [adj] [noun] | 13 |
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| 22 | [pers pn] were making a [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 23 | he were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 24 | [pers pn] were make a [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 25 | [pers pn] were [verb] a [adj] deal | 11 |
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| 26 | [pers pn] were [verb] a [adj] deal | 11 |
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| 27 | [pers pn] were [verb] a [det] [noun] | 11 |
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| 28 | [pers pn] were [verb] a few [noun] | 10 |
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| 29 | [pers pn] were [verb] a few [noun] | 10 |
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| 30 | [pers pn] were do a [adj] [noun] | 9 |
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