| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun pl] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 271 |
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| 2 | [noun] were still [v-ing] [prep] | 84 |
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| 3 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] in | 78 |
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| 4 | [noun] were already [v-ing] [prep] | 68 |
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| 5 | [noun sg] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 63 |
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| 6 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] to | 55 |
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| 7 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] for | 50 |
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| 8 | [noun prp] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 48 |
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| 9 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] on | 43 |
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| 10 | [noun] were now [v-ing] [prep] | 42 |
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| 11 | [n mass] were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 35 |
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| 12 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] from | 33 |
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| 13 | [noun] were also [v-ing] [prep] | 28 |
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| 14 | people were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 26 |
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| 15 | people were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] | 26 |
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| 16 | [noun] were [adv] working [prep] | 24 |
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| 17 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] with | 24 |
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| 18 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] at | 22 |
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| 19 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] into | 20 |
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| 20 | [noun] were just [v-ing] [prep] | 18 |
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| 21 | [noun] were [adv] going [prep] | 18 |
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| 22 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] about | 16 |
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| 23 | [noun] were [adv] coming [prep] | 15 |
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| 24 | [noun] were actually [v-ing] [prep] | 12 |
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| 25 | [noun] were [adv] looking [prep] | 11 |
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| 26 | [noun] were [adv] living [prep] | 10 |
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| 27 | [noun] were always [v-ing] [prep] | 10 |
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| 28 | [noun] were [adv] waiting [prep] | 9 |
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| 29 | [noun] were [adv] talking [prep] | 9 |
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| 30 | [noun] were [adv] moving [prep] | 7 |
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