| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adj] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 239 |
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| 2 | [art] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 160 |
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| 3 | [art] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 160 |
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| 4 | the [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 158 |
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| 5 | the [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 158 |
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| 6 | [adj] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 139 |
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| 7 | [conj] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 121 |
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| 8 | [noun] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 103 |
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| 9 | and [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 92 |
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| 10 | and [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 92 |
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| 11 | [coord] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 92 |
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| 12 | [pron] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 81 |
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| 13 | [prep] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 71 |
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| 14 | [pos pn] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 71 |
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| 15 | [prep] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 71 |
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| 16 | [noun sg] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 64 |
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| 17 | of [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 57 |
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| 18 | of [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 57 |
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| 19 | [num] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 54 |
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| 20 | [det] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 38 |
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| 21 | [noun prp] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 32 |
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| 22 | her [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 27 |
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| 23 | her [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 27 |
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| 24 | his [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 24 |
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| 25 | his [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 24 |
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| 26 | two [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 21 |
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| 27 | two [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 21 |
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| 28 | [that] [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 20 |
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| 29 | that [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 20 |
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| 30 | that [noun] were [v-ing] [prep] the | 20 |
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