| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | who were [verb] [prep] [art] | 394 |
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| 2 | [Wh pn] were [verb] [prep] the | 335 |
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| 3 | [Wh pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [art] | 278 |
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| 4 | [Wh pn] were [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 123 |
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| 5 | [Wh pn] were [verb] in [art] | 86 |
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| 6 | [Wh pn] were [verb] by [art] | 66 |
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| 7 | [Wh pn] were [verb] [prep] a | 64 |
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| 8 | [Wh pn] were [verb] with [art] | 40 |
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| 9 | [Wh pn] were [verb] to [art] | 35 |
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| 10 | [Wh pn] were [verb] at [art] | 34 |
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| 11 | [Wh pn] were [verb] on [art] | 27 |
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| 12 | [Wh pn] were [verb] for [art] | 25 |
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| 13 | [Wh pn] were [verb] from [art] | 19 |
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| 14 | [Wh pn] were [verb] into [art] | 18 |
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| 15 | whom were [verb] [prep] [art] | 16 |
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| 16 | [Wh pn] were born [prep] [art] | 13 |
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| 17 | [Wh pn] were bear [prep] [art] | 13 |
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| 18 | [Wh pn] were work [prep] [art] | 11 |
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| 19 | [Wh pn] were working [prep] [art] | 10 |
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| 20 | [Wh pn] were live [prep] [art] | 10 |
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| 21 | [Wh pn] were killed [prep] [art] | 10 |
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| 22 | [Wh pn] were kill [prep] [art] | 10 |
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| 23 | [Wh pn] were [to-vb] [prep] [art] | 9 |
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| 24 | [Wh pn] were [verb] [prep] an | 8 |
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| 25 | [Wh pn] were living [prep] [art] | 8 |
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| 26 | [Wh pn] were wait [prep] [art] | 7 |
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| 27 | [Wh pn] were waiting [prep] [art] | 7 |
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| 28 | [Wh pn] were [verb] through [art] | 7 |
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| 29 | [Wh pn] were [verb] as [art] | 6 |
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| 30 | [Wh pn] were pass [prep] [art] | 6 |
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