| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [subord] they were [verb] [prep] [adj] | 164 |
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| 2 | [subord] they [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] | 137 |
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| 3 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 80 |
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| 4 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [det] | 43 |
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| 5 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [num] | 39 |
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| 6 | when they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 33 |
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| 7 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] in [adj] | 33 |
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| 8 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] by [adj] | 31 |
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| 9 | if they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 29 |
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| 10 | [subord] they [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] | 25 |
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| 11 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] to [adj] | 21 |
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| 12 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] with [adj] | 18 |
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| 13 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] at [adj] | 16 |
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| 14 | because they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 16 |
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| 15 | as they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 14 |
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| 16 | though they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 12 |
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| 17 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] for [adj] | 10 |
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| 18 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] on [adj] | 10 |
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| 19 | where they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 9 |
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| 20 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] some | 8 |
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| 21 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] some | 8 |
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| 22 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] one | 7 |
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| 23 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] all | 7 |
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| 24 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] all | 7 |
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| 25 | since they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 7 |
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| 26 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] one | 7 |
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| 27 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] from [adj] | 7 |
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| 28 | before they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 6 |
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| 29 | whether they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 6 |
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| 30 | [subord] they [was/were] [verb] [prep] two | 5 |
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