| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they were [verb] [prep] [adj] | 793 |
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| 2 | they [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] | 607 |
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| 3 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] | 412 |
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| 4 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [det] | 202 |
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| 5 | they [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] | 176 |
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| 6 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [num] | 169 |
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| 7 | they [was/were] [verb] in [adj] | 163 |
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| 8 | they [was/were] [verb] by [adj] | 156 |
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| 9 | they [was/were] [verb] with [adj] | 89 |
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| 10 | they [was/were] [verb] to [adj] | 77 |
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| 11 | they [was/were] [verb] for [adj] | 59 |
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| 12 | they [was/were] [verb] on [adj] | 47 |
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| 13 | they [was/were] [verb] at [adj] | 44 |
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| 14 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] this | 31 |
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| 15 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] this | 31 |
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| 16 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] each | 28 |
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| 17 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] each | 28 |
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| 18 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] two | 28 |
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| 19 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] two | 28 |
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| 20 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] some | 26 |
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| 21 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] some | 26 |
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| 22 | they [was/were] [verb] into [adj] | 23 |
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| 23 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] one | 23 |
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| 24 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] that | 23 |
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| 25 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] all | 23 |
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| 26 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] all | 23 |
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| 27 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] that | 23 |
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| 28 | they [was/were] [verb] [prep] one | 23 |
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| 29 | they [was/were] [verb] from [adj] | 22 |
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| 30 | they [was/were] [verb] as [adj] | 19 |
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