| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | were [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] | 458 |
|
| 2 | were [verb] [noun] [prep] the | 354 |
|
| 3 | were [verb] [noun] [prep] the | 354 |
|
| 4 | were [v-ing] [noun] [prep] [art] | 277 |
|
| 5 | were [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] | 273 |
|
| 6 | were [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 149 |
|
| 7 | were [vb pp] [noun] [prep] [art] | 133 |
|
| 8 | were [verb] [noun] [prep] a | 103 |
|
| 9 | were [verb] [noun] in [art] | 96 |
|
| 10 | were [verb] [noun] [prep] a | 83 |
|
| 11 | were take [noun] [prep] [art] | 69 |
|
| 12 | were [verb] [noun] of [art] | 61 |
|
| 13 | were taking [noun] [prep] [art] | 60 |
|
| 14 | were [verb] [noun] to [art] | 55 |
|
| 15 | were [to-vb] [noun] [prep] [art] | 48 |
|
| 16 | were give [noun] [prep] [art] | 44 |
|
| 17 | were [verb] [noun] on [art] | 41 |
|
| 18 | were [verb] [noun] for [art] | 40 |
|
| 19 | were given [noun] [prep] [art] | 35 |
|
| 20 | were [verb] place [prep] [art] | 32 |
|
| 21 | were [verb] place [prep] [art] | 31 |
|
| 22 | were [verb] [noun] at [art] | 31 |
|
| 23 | were [verb] part [prep] [art] | 27 |
|
| 24 | were [verb] part [prep] [art] | 27 |
|
| 25 | were [verb] [noun] by [art] | 27 |
|
| 26 | were [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] | 22 |
|
| 27 | were [verb] [noun] [prep] an | 20 |
|
| 28 | were [verb] [noun] with [art] | 18 |
|
| 29 | were make [noun] [prep] [art] | 16 |
|
| 30 | were [verb] [noun] from [art] | 15 |
|
