| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pers pn] were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 98 |
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| 2 | they were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 64 |
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| 3 | they were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 64 |
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| 4 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] [noun pl] | 58 |
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| 5 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] | 52 |
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| 6 | we were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 21 |
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| 7 | we were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 21 |
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| 8 | [pron] were just [v-ing] [noun] | 18 |
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| 9 | [Wh pn] were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 14 |
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| 10 | who were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 13 |
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| 11 | who were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 13 |
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| 12 | [pron] were also [v-ing] [noun] | 13 |
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| 13 | [pron] were already [v-ing] [noun] | 11 |
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| 14 | [pron] were always [v-ing] [noun] | 11 |
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| 15 | you were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 9 |
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| 16 | you were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 9 |
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| 17 | [pron] were still [v-ing] [noun] | 9 |
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| 18 | [pron] were [adv] having [noun] | 8 |
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| 19 | [pron] were only [v-ing] [noun] | 7 |
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| 20 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] [noun prp] | 6 |
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| 21 | [pron] were [adv] playing [noun] | 5 |
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| 22 | there were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 5 |
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| 23 | there were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 5 |
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| 24 | [ex0] were [adv] [v-ing] [noun] | 5 |
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