| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 167 |
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| 2 | [pron] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 133 |
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| 3 | [noun pl] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 117 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 117 |
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| 5 | they were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 46 |
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| 6 | they were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 46 |
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| 7 | we were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 38 |
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| 8 | we were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 38 |
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| 9 | you were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 26 |
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| 10 | you were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 26 |
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| 11 | [noun sg] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 23 |
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| 12 | [noun prp] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 20 |
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| 13 | [Wh pn] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 11 |
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| 14 | who were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 10 |
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| 15 | who were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 10 |
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| 16 | [coord] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 9 |
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| 17 | [conj] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 9 |
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| 18 | and were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 8 |
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| 19 | and were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 8 |
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| 20 | [n mass] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 7 |
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| 21 | [adj] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 6 |
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| 22 | [Wh det] were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 5 |
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| 23 | group were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 5 |
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| 24 | which were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 5 |
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| 25 | which were [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 5 |
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| 26 | were [adv] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 46 |
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| 27 | were [adv] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 30 |
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| 28 | were [not/n't] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 16 |
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| 29 | were [verb] [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 16 |
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| 30 | were not [verb] [verb] a [noun] | 16 |
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