| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] | 4203 |
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| 2 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] | 3448 |
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| 3 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] | 3350 |
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| 4 | were [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] [noun] | 2665 |
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| 5 | were [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] [noun] | 2665 |
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| 6 | were [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 1514 |
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| 7 | were [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [noun] | 1260 |
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| 8 | were [vb pp] by [art] [adj] [noun] | 945 |
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| 9 | were [vb pp] in [art] [adj] [noun] | 926 |
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| 10 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] | 608 |
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| 11 | were [vb pp] to [art] [adj] [noun] | 415 |
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| 12 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] | 316 |
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| 13 | were [vb pp] with [art] [adj] [noun] | 309 |
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| 14 | were [vb pp] [prep] an [adj] [noun] | 254 |
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| 15 | were [vb pp] on [art] [adj] [noun] | 243 |
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| 16 | were [vb pp] from [art] [adj] [noun] | 235 |
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| 17 | were [vb pp] at [art] [adj] [noun] | 214 |
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| 18 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] | 207 |
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| 19 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [num] [noun] | 197 |
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| 20 | were [vb pp] for [art] [adj] [noun] | 189 |
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| 21 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] same [noun] | 177 |
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| 22 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] same [noun] | 177 |
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| 23 | were [vb pp] as [art] [adj] [noun] | 129 |
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| 24 | were [vb pp] into [art] [adj] [noun] | 120 |
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| 25 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] first [noun] | 120 |
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| 26 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] first [noun] | 120 |
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| 27 | were made [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] | 120 |
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| 28 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun prp] | 103 |
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| 29 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj -er] [noun] | 95 |
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| 30 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] time | 85 |
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