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No	Pattern	Freq
1	they were [prep] the [adj]	183
2	they were [prep] the [adj]	177
3	they were [prep] the [adj]	108
4	they were in the [adj]	72
5	they were [prep] the [num ord]	28
6	they were [prep] the [det]	25
7	they were on the [adj]	24
8	they were [prep] the same	24
9	they were [prep] the same	24
10	they were at the [adj]	17
11	they were [prep] the first	15
12	they were [prep] the first	15
13	they were [prep] the [num]	12
14	they were among the [adj]	12
15	they were [prep] the [adj -est]	8
16	they were of the [adj]	6
17	them were [prep] the [adj]	6
18	they were under the [adj]	6
19	they were [prep] the last	6
20	they were from the [adj]	6
21	they were [prep] the last	6
22	they were for the [adj]	5