| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 221 |
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| 2 | [noun] were [v-ing] in [noun sg] | 66 |
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| 3 | [noun] were [v-ing] for [noun sg] | 49 |
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| 4 | [noun] were [v-ing] with [noun sg] | 44 |
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| 5 | [noun sg] were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 39 |
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| 6 | [noun prp] were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 34 |
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| 7 | [noun] were [v-ing] from [noun sg] | 32 |
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| 8 | [noun] were [v-ing] to [noun sg] | 23 |
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| 9 | [n mass] were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 22 |
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| 10 | [noun] were [v-ing] on [noun sg] | 21 |
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| 11 | people were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 12 | people were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 13 | [noun] were [v-ing] into [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 14 | [noun] were [v-ing] at [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 15 | eye were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 16 | eyes were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 17 | [noun] were working [prep] [noun sg] | 13 |
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| 18 | [noun] were coming [prep] [noun sg] | 13 |
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| 19 | [noun] were going [prep] [noun sg] | 12 |
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| 20 | man were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 21 | [noun] were suffering [prep] [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 22 | [noun] were looking [prep] [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 23 | [noun] were [v-ing] of [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 24 | men were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 25 | students were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 9 |
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| 26 | student were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 9 |
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| 27 | [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] front | 8 |
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| 28 | child were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 8 |
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| 29 | children were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 8 |
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| 30 | things were [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] | 7 |
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