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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] they were [prep] the [adj]	87
2	[subord] they were [prep] the [adj]	69
3	as they were [prep] the [adj]	26
4	as they were [prep] the [adj]	26
5	than they were [prep] the [adj]	21
6	than they were [prep] the [adj]	21
7	[adv] they were [prep] the [adj]	13
8	that they were [prep] the [adj]	11
9	that they were [prep] the [adj]	11
10	[that] they were [prep] the [adj]	11
11	[adv] they were [prep] the [adj]	10
12	[adj] they were [prep] the [adj]	7
13	[coord] they were [prep] the [adj]	7
14	of they were [prep] the [adj]	6
15	of they were [prep] the [adj]	6
16	[prep] they were [prep] the [adj]	6
17	[noun] they were [prep] the [adj]	6
18	[prep] they were [prep] the [adj]	6
19	[verb] they were [prep] the [adj]	6
20	[noun sg] they were [prep] the [adj]	6
21	[vb past] they were [prep] the [adj]	5
22	and they were [prep] the [adj]	5
23	and they were [prep] the [adj]	5
24	they [adv] were [prep] the [adj]	5
25	they [adv] were [prep] the [adj]	5
26	they were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	317
27	they were [vb pp] [prep] the [adj]	238
28	they were [adj] [prep] the [adj]	102
29	they were [v-ing] [prep] the [adj]	71
30	they were [adj] [prep] the [adj]	71