| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [adj] | 2234 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [verb] by [adj] | 537 |
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| 3 | [noun pl] were [verb] in [adj] | 430 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [verb] with [adj] | 330 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] were [verb] to [adj] | 187 |
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| 6 | [noun pl] were [verb] for [adj] | 170 |
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| 7 | [noun pl] were [verb] on [adj] | 143 |
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| 8 | [noun pl] were [verb] from [adj] | 141 |
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| 9 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] [adj] | 119 |
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| 10 | [noun pl] were [verb] at [adj] | 89 |
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| 11 | [noun pl] were make [prep] [adj] | 88 |
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| 12 | [noun pl] were made [prep] [adj] | 88 |
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| 13 | [noun pl] were [verb] into [adj] | 79 |
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| 14 | [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] other | 59 |
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| 15 | [noun pl] were [verb] as [adj] | 58 |
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| 16 | [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] local | 50 |
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| 17 | [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] different | 50 |
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| 18 | [noun pl] were [verb] of [adj] | 47 |
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| 19 | [noun pl] were taken [prep] [adj] | 42 |
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| 20 | [noun pl] were take [prep] [adj] | 42 |
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| 21 | [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] various | 37 |
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| 22 | [noun pl] were use [prep] [adj] | 36 |
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| 23 | [noun pl] were used [prep] [adj] | 36 |
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| 24 | [noun pl] were [verb] under [adj] | 31 |
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| 25 | specimens were [verb] [prep] [adj] | 30 |
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| 26 | [noun pl] were covered [prep] [adj] | 30 |
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| 27 | [noun pl] were cover [prep] [adj] | 30 |
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| 28 | [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] high | 30 |
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| 29 | cells were [verb] [prep] [adj] | 29 |
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| 30 | [noun pl] were built [prep] [adj] | 27 |
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