| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun pl] [prep] | 253 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] [prep] | 253 |
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| 3 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] of | 154 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun sg] [prep] | 72 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] in | 46 |
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| 6 | [noun pl] were [det] [noun] [prep] | 46 |
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| 7 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] for | 33 |
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| 8 | [noun pl] were [num] [noun] [prep] | 24 |
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| 9 | [noun pl] were all [noun] [prep] | 22 |
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| 10 | [noun pl] were all [noun] [prep] | 22 |
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| 11 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] with | 17 |
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| 12 | [noun pl] were [adj] members [prep] | 16 |
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| 13 | [noun pl] were [adj] member [prep] | 16 |
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| 14 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] from | 15 |
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| 15 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] to | 14 |
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| 16 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] on | 13 |
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| 17 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] at | 11 |
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| 18 | others were [adj] [noun] [prep] | 8 |
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| 19 | [noun pl] were [adj] [n mass] [prep] | 8 |
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| 20 | [noun pl] were [adj] part [prep] | 6 |
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| 21 | women were [adj] [noun] [prep] | 6 |
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| 22 | men were [adj] [noun] [prep] | 6 |
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| 23 | [noun pl] were [num ord] [noun] [prep] | 6 |
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| 24 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] by | 6 |
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| 25 | [noun pl] were [adj] [noun] against | 5 |
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| 26 | [noun pl] were one [noun] [prep] | 5 |
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| 27 | [noun pl] were mere [noun] [prep] | 5 |
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| 28 | [noun pl] were great [noun] [prep] | 5 |
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| 29 | [noun pl] were mere [noun] [prep] | 5 |
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| 30 | [noun pl] were small [noun] [prep] | 5 |
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