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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	711
2	[noun pl] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	471
3	[pron] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	401
4	[pers pn] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	296
5	they were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	176
6	they were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	175
7	[noun sg] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	140
8	we were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	89
9	we were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	87
10	[conj] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	80
11	[noun prp] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	71
12	[adj] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	64
13	[coord] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	56
14	[Wh pn] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	55
15	who were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	54
16	who were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	54
17	which were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	45
18	[Wh det] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	45
19	which were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	45
20	and were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	44
21	and were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	44
22	[det] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	31
23	[n mass] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	29
24	[that] were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	23
25	that were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	23
26	that were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	23
27	people were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	23
28	people were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	23
29	you were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	18
30	you were [adv] [adj] [prep] the	18