| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adj] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 179 |
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| 2 | [adj] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 108 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 97 |
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| 4 | [art] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 97 |
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| 5 | the [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 96 |
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| 6 | the [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 96 |
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| 7 | [noun] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 64 |
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| 8 | [pron] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 55 |
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| 9 | [noun sg] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 48 |
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| 10 | [det] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 47 |
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| 11 | [pos pn] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 47 |
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| 12 | [conj] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 29 |
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| 13 | these [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 25 |
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| 14 | these [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 25 |
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| 15 | [num] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 17 |
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| 16 | and [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 16 |
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| 17 | and [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 16 |
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| 18 | his [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 16 |
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| 19 | his [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 16 |
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| 20 | [coord] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 16 |
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| 21 | [unc] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 15 |
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| 22 | ['s] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 13 |
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| 23 | their [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 12 |
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| 24 | their [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 12 |
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| 25 | 's [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 11 |
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| 26 | [prep] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 11 |
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| 27 | 's [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 11 |
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| 28 | [prep] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 11 |
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| 29 | [noun prp] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 11 |
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| 30 | [subord] [noun pl] were [adv] [noun] | 10 |
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