| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] | 352 |
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| 2 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] | 336 |
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| 3 | were [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 324 |
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| 4 | were [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] | 324 |
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| 5 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] | 316 |
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| 6 | were [verb] [prep] [art] first [noun] | 133 |
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| 7 | were [verb] in [art] [num ord] [noun] | 122 |
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| 8 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] century | 73 |
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| 9 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] century | 72 |
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| 10 | were [verb] for [art] [num ord] [noun] | 68 |
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| 11 | were [verb] [prep] [art] second [noun] | 55 |
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| 12 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] time | 48 |
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| 13 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] time | 48 |
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| 14 | were [verb] [prep] [art] last [noun] | 39 |
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| 15 | were [v-ing] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] | 33 |
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| 16 | were [verb] during [art] [num ord] [noun] | 30 |
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| 17 | were [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun] | 28 |
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| 18 | were [verb] [prep] a [num ord] [noun] | 28 |
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| 19 | were [verb] at [art] [num ord] [noun] | 23 |
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| 20 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] world | 20 |
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| 21 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] world | 20 |
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| 22 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] half | 19 |
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| 23 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] half | 19 |
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| 24 | were [verb] by [art] [num ord] [noun] | 17 |
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| 25 | were [verb] [prep] [art] third [noun] | 16 |
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| 26 | were [verb] [prep] [art] nineteenth [noun] | 16 |
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| 27 | were [verb] to [art] [num ord] [noun] | 15 |
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| 28 | were [verb] on [art] [num ord] [noun] | 14 |
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| 29 | were [verb] [prep] [art] next [noun] | 14 |
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| 30 | were [verb] from [art] [num ord] [noun] | 13 |
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