| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [conj] they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 29 |
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| 2 | [noun] they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 26 |
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| 3 | [noun sg] they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 18 |
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| 4 | [subord] they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 14 |
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| 5 | that they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 13 |
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| 6 | that they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 13 |
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| 7 | [that] they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 13 |
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| 8 | [pron] they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 12 |
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| 9 | [Wh det] they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 11 |
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| 10 | [noun pl] they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 6 |
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| 11 | what they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 6 |
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| 12 | if they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 6 |
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| 13 | what they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 6 |
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| 14 | if they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 6 |
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| 15 | which they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 5 |
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| 16 | which they had been [v-ing] [prep] | 5 |
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| 17 | they had [adv] been [v-ing] [prep] | 13 |
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| 18 | they had [adv] been [v-ing] [prep] | 11 |
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| 19 | they had been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] | 16 |
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| 20 | they had been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] | 11 |
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| 21 | they had been [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] | 5 |
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| 22 | they had been [v-ing] together [prep] | 5 |
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| 23 | they had been [v-ing] together [prep] | 5 |
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| 24 | they had been [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 39 |
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| 25 | they had been [v-ing] [prep] [art] | 39 |
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| 26 | they had been [v-ing] [prep] [noun] | 28 |
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| 27 | they had been [v-ing] [prep] the | 28 |
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| 28 | they had been [v-ing] [prep] the | 28 |
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| 29 | they had been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] | 20 |
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| 30 | they had been [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] | 12 |
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