| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 1749 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 1197 |
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| 3 | [pron] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 662 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 571 |
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| 5 | [noun sg] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 335 |
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| 6 | they were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 320 |
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| 7 | they were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 313 |
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| 8 | we were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 138 |
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| 9 | we were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 133 |
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| 10 | [noun prp] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 128 |
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| 11 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 110 |
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| 12 | [n mass] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 87 |
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| 13 | you were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 62 |
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| 14 | you were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 62 |
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| 15 | [conj] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 59 |
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| 16 | [det] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 54 |
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| 17 | [coord] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 49 |
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| 18 | and were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 45 |
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| 19 | and were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 45 |
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| 20 | who were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 43 |
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| 21 | who were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 43 |
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| 22 | [Wh pn] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 43 |
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| 23 | people were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 42 |
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| 24 | people were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 42 |
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| 25 | [Wh det] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 41 |
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| 26 | [num] were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 41 |
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| 27 | which were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 39 |
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| 28 | which were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 39 |
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| 29 | these were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 28 |
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| 30 | these were [verb] [prep] a [noun] | 28 |
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