No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | were [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] of | 1787 | |
2 | were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] of | 1549 | |
3 | were [verb] by the [noun sg] of | 368 | |
4 | were [verb] by the [noun sg] of | 368 | |
5 | were [verb] in the [noun sg] of | 315 | |
6 | were [verb] in the [noun sg] of | 315 | |
7 | were [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] of | 202 | |
8 | were [verb] on the [noun sg] of | 175 | |
9 | were [verb] on the [noun sg] of | 175 | |
10 | were [verb] at the [noun sg] of | 156 | |
11 | were [verb] at the [noun sg] of | 156 | |
12 | were [verb] to the [noun sg] of | 146 | |
13 | were [verb] to the [noun sg] of | 146 | |
14 | were [verb] with the [noun sg] of | 107 | |
15 | were [verb] with the [noun sg] of | 107 | |
16 | were [verb] for the [noun sg] of | 95 | |
17 | were [verb] for the [noun sg] of | 95 | |
18 | were made [prep] the [noun sg] of | 76 | |
19 | were make [prep] the [noun sg] of | 76 | |
20 | were [verb] [prep] the end of | 75 | |
21 | were [verb] from the [noun sg] of | 69 | |
22 | were [verb] from the [noun sg] of | 69 | |
23 | were [verb] [prep] the basis of | 42 | |
24 | were [verb] about the [noun sg] of | 37 | |
25 | were [verb] about the [noun sg] of | 37 | |
26 | were [verb] into the [noun sg] of | 37 | |
27 | were [verb] into the [noun sg] of | 37 | |
28 | were [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] of | 35 | |
29 | were [verb] as the [noun sg] of | 29 | |
30 | were [verb] as the [noun sg] of | 29 |