| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 364 |
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| 2 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 301 |
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| 3 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 217 |
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| 4 | [noun] were [v-ing] a [adj] | 205 |
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| 5 | [noun] were [v-ing] a [adj] | 165 |
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| 6 | [noun] were [v-ing] the [adj] | 152 |
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| 7 | [noun] were [v-ing] the [adj] | 152 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 67 |
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| 9 | [noun prp] were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 62 |
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| 10 | [noun] were [v-ing] an [adj] | 40 |
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| 11 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] [det] | 28 |
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| 12 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] same | 19 |
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| 13 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] same | 19 |
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| 14 | [noun] were making [art] [adj] | 19 |
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| 15 | [n mass] were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 18 |
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| 16 | [noun] were doing [art] [adj] | 18 |
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| 17 | [noun] were having [art] [adj] | 16 |
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| 18 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] [adj -er] | 16 |
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| 19 | [noun] were taking [art] [adj] | 12 |
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| 20 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] new | 11 |
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| 21 | people were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 11 |
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| 22 | people were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 11 |
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| 23 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] new | 11 |
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| 24 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] good | 10 |
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| 25 | [noun] were following [art] [adj] | 9 |
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| 26 | police were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 9 |
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| 27 | police were [v-ing] [art] [adj] | 9 |
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| 28 | [noun] were using [art] [adj] | 9 |
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| 29 | [noun] were [v-ing] [art] great | 8 |
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| 30 | [noun] were playing [art] [adj] | 8 |
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