| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they were [verb] [adj] [noun] | 294 |
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| 2 | they [was/were] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] | 171 |
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| 3 | they [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] | 165 |
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| 4 | they [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] | 120 |
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| 5 | they [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] | 114 |
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| 6 | they [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] | 102 |
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| 7 | they [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] | 98 |
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| 8 | they [was/were] [verb] [num] [noun] | 59 |
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| 9 | they [was/were] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] | 31 |
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| 10 | they [was/were] give [adj] [noun] | 28 |
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| 11 | they [was/were] given [adj] [noun] | 26 |
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| 12 | they [was/were] [verb] [num ord] [noun] | 20 |
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| 13 | they [was/were] [verb] this [noun] | 19 |
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| 14 | they [was/were] [verb] this [noun] | 19 |
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| 15 | they [was/were] have [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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| 16 | they [was/were] [verb] each [noun] | 17 |
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| 17 | they [was/were] [verb] each [noun] | 17 |
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| 18 | they [was/were] [verb] [adj] other | 16 |
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| 19 | they [was/were] [verb] [adj] other | 16 |
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| 20 | they [was/were] [verb] one [noun] | 16 |
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| 21 | they [was/were] [verb] one [noun] | 16 |
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| 22 | they [was/were] [verb] last [noun] | 15 |
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| 23 | they [was/were] [verb] last [noun] | 15 |
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| 24 | they [was/were] [verb] some [noun] | 14 |
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| 25 | they [was/were] [verb] some [noun] | 14 |
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| 26 | they [was/were] [verb] that [noun] | 12 |
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| 27 | they [was/were] do [adj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 28 | they [was/were] [verb] [adj] month | 12 |
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| 29 | they [was/were] [verb] that [noun] | 12 |
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| 30 | they [was/were] [verb] [adj] year | 11 |
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