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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] they were [adv] [prep] the	99
2	[subord] they were [adv] [prep] the	55
3	[coord] they were [adv] [prep] the	23
4	that they were [adv] [prep] the	21
5	[that] they were [adv] [prep] the	21
6	that they were [adv] [prep] the	21
7	[verb] they were [adv] [prep] the	20
8	and they were [adv] [prep] the	16
9	[noun] they were [adv] [prep] the	16
10	and they were [adv] [prep] the	16
11	[adv] they were [adv] [prep] the	14
12	when they were [adv] [prep] the	12
13	when they were [adv] [prep] the	12
14	[noun sg] they were [adv] [prep] the	11
15	[adv] they were [adv] [prep] the	10
16	as they were [adv] [prep] the	9
17	as they were [adv] [prep] the	9
18	[vb past] they were [adv] [prep] the	9
19	once they were [adv] [prep] the	7
20	once they were [adv] [prep] the	7
21	but they were [adv] [prep] the	7
22	but they were [adv] [prep] the	7
23	because they were [adv] [prep] the	5
24	while they were [adv] [prep] the	5
25	until they were [adv] [prep] the	5
26	say they were [adv] [prep] the	5
27	[noun pl] they were [adv] [prep] the	5
28	[adj] they were [adv] [prep] the	5
29	because they were [adv] [prep] the	5
30	until they were [adv] [prep] the	5