| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adj] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 2960 |
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| 2 | [adj] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 1660 |
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| 3 | [noun] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 1274 |
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| 4 | [art] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 1095 |
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| 5 | [art] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 1095 |
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| 6 | the [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 1002 |
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| 7 | the [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 1002 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 990 |
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| 9 | [conj] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 643 |
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| 10 | [det] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 623 |
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| 11 | [num] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 572 |
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| 12 | [prep] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 506 |
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| 13 | [prep] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 506 |
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| 14 | [coord] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 498 |
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| 15 | and [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 463 |
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| 16 | and [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 463 |
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| 17 | [pron] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 409 |
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| 18 | [pos pn] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 327 |
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| 19 | of [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 313 |
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| 20 | of [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 313 |
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| 21 | these [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 225 |
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| 22 | these [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 225 |
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| 23 | [noun prp] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 204 |
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| 24 | [unc] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 189 |
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| 25 | ['s] [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 165 |
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| 26 | 's [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 142 |
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| 27 | 's [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 142 |
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| 28 | his [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 116 |
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| 29 | his [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 116 |
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| 30 | two [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the | 104 |
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