| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adj] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 1759 |
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| 2 | [adj] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 1029 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 887 |
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| 4 | [art] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 887 |
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| 5 | the [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 880 |
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| 6 | the [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 880 |
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| 7 | [noun] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 776 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 642 |
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| 9 | [conj] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 376 |
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| 10 | [det] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 368 |
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| 11 | [pron] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 357 |
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| 12 | [pos pn] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 311 |
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| 13 | [num] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 307 |
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| 14 | [coord] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 228 |
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| 15 | and [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 209 |
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| 16 | and [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 209 |
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| 17 | these [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 140 |
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| 18 | these [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 140 |
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| 19 | [prep] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 116 |
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| 20 | [prep] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 116 |
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| 21 | his [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 112 |
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| 22 | his [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 112 |
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| 23 | [subord] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 109 |
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| 24 | [unc] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 108 |
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| 25 | ['s] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 94 |
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| 26 | of [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 93 |
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| 27 | of [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 93 |
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| 28 | two [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 86 |
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| 29 | two [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 86 |
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| 30 | [noun prp] [noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] | 83 |
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