No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | [conj] they were [prep] the [noun] | 216 | |
2 | [subord] they were [prep] the [noun] | 169 | |
3 | as they were [prep] the [noun] | 49 | |
4 | as they were [prep] the [noun] | 49 | |
5 | [adv] they were [prep] the [noun] | 44 | |
6 | [adv] they were [prep] the [noun] | 38 | |
7 | [verb] they were [prep] the [noun] | 30 | |
8 | if they were [prep] the [noun] | 26 | |
9 | if they were [prep] the [noun] | 26 | |
10 | when they were [prep] the [noun] | 24 | |
11 | when they were [prep] the [noun] | 24 | |
12 | [noun] they were [prep] the [noun] | 24 | |
13 | [coord] they were [prep] the [noun] | 24 | |
14 | [that] they were [prep] the [noun] | 23 | |
15 | that they were [prep] the [noun] | 23 | |
16 | that they were [prep] the [noun] | 23 | |
17 | [noun sg] they were [prep] the [noun] | 18 | |
18 | and they were [prep] the [noun] | 18 | |
19 | and they were [prep] the [noun] | 18 | |
20 | than they were [prep] the [noun] | 17 | |
21 | [vb past] they were [prep] the [noun] | 17 | |
22 | than they were [prep] the [noun] | 17 | |
23 | while they were [prep] the [noun] | 14 | |
24 | once they were [prep] the [noun] | 14 | |
25 | while they were [prep] the [noun] | 14 | |
26 | once they were [prep] the [noun] | 14 | |
27 | [adj] they were [prep] the [noun] | 10 | |
28 | of they were [prep] the [noun] | 9 | |
29 | because they were [prep] the [noun] | 9 | |
30 | because they were [prep] the [noun] | 9 |