| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [conj] were [verb] [art] | 150 |
|
| 2 | [coord] were [verb] [art] | 97 |
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| 3 | [conj] were [verb] the | 83 |
|
| 4 | [conj] were [verb] the | 83 |
|
| 5 | and were [verb] [art] | 80 |
|
| 6 | and were [verb] [art] | 80 |
|
| 7 | [conj] were [v-ing] [art] | 72 |
|
| 8 | [conj] were [verb] a | 63 |
|
| 9 | [conj] were [vb pp] [art] | 57 |
|
| 10 | [conj] were [verb] a | 56 |
|
| 11 | that were [verb] [art] | 48 |
|
| 12 | [that] were [verb] [art] | 48 |
|
| 13 | that were [verb] [art] | 48 |
|
| 14 | [conj] were give [art] | 23 |
|
| 15 | [conj] were given [art] | 22 |
|
| 16 | [conj] were [to-vb] [art] | 19 |
|
| 17 | but were [verb] [art] | 14 |
|
| 18 | but were [verb] [art] | 14 |
|
| 19 | [conj] were do [art] | 9 |
|
| 20 | [conj] were [verb] an | 7 |
|
| 21 | [conj] were doing [art] | 6 |
|
| 22 | [subord] were [verb] [art] | 5 |
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| 23 | [conj] were make [art] | 5 |
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