| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they were [verb] [prep] the [adj] | 306 |
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| 2 | they were [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] | 227 |
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| 3 | they were [verb] [prep] the [adj] | 219 |
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| 4 | they were [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] | 71 |
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| 5 | they were [verb] by the [adj] | 66 |
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| 6 | they were [verb] by the [adj] | 66 |
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| 7 | they were [verb] in the [adj] | 55 |
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| 8 | they were [verb] in the [adj] | 55 |
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| 9 | they were [verb] to the [adj] | 32 |
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| 10 | they were [verb] to the [adj] | 32 |
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| 11 | they were [verb] [prep] the [num ord] | 30 |
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| 12 | they were [verb] [prep] the [det] | 29 |
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| 13 | they were [verb] [prep] the same | 27 |
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| 14 | they were [verb] [prep] the same | 27 |
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| 15 | they were [verb] on the [adj] | 24 |
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| 16 | they were [verb] on the [adj] | 24 |
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| 17 | they were [verb] at the [adj] | 23 |
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| 18 | they were [verb] at the [adj] | 23 |
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| 19 | they were [verb] [prep] the [num] | 16 |
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| 20 | they were [verb] from the [adj] | 15 |
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| 21 | they were [verb] from the [adj] | 15 |
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| 22 | they were [verb] with the [adj] | 15 |
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| 23 | they were [verb] with the [adj] | 15 |
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| 24 | they were [verb] into the [adj] | 13 |
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| 25 | they were [verb] into the [adj] | 13 |
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| 26 | they were [verb] for the [adj] | 11 |
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| 27 | they were [verb] for the [adj] | 11 |
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| 28 | they were [verb] [prep] the first | 10 |
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| 29 | they were [verb] [prep] the first | 10 |
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| 30 | they were [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] | 8 |
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