| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [conj] | 39 |
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| 2 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun sg] [conj] | 38 |
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| 3 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [conj] | 34 |
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| 4 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [coord] | 27 |
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| 5 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] and | 20 |
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| 6 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] and | 20 |
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| 7 | were [v-ing] for a [noun] [conj] | 13 |
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| 8 | were [v-ing] for a [noun] [conj] | 13 |
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| 9 | were [v-ing] in a [noun] [conj] | 8 |
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| 10 | were [v-ing] in a [noun] [conj] | 8 |
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| 11 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [subord] | 7 |
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| 12 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] or | 6 |
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| 13 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] or | 6 |
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| 14 | were looking [prep] a [noun] [conj] | 5 |
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| 15 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] that | 5 |
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| 16 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] when | 5 |
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| 17 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] when | 5 |
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| 18 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] that | 5 |
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| 19 | were [v-ing] [prep] an [noun] [conj] | 5 |
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| 20 | were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [that] | 5 |
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