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No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [adv] [adj] [conj] [adv]	299
2	were [adv] [adj] [coord] [adv]	243
3	were [adv] [adj] and [adv]	180
4	were [adv] [adj] and [adv]	180
5	were [adv] [adj] [subord] [adv]	80
6	were [adv] [adj] as [adv]	39
7	were [adv] [adj] as [adv]	39
8	were more [adj] [conj] [adv]	37
9	were [adv] [adj] or [adv]	37
10	were [adv] [adj] or [adv]	37
11	were [adv] [adj] than [adv]	36
12	were [adv] [adj] than [adv]	36
13	were as [adj] [conj] [adv]	35
14	were [adv] [adj] [conj] ever	29
15	were very [adj] [conj] [adv]	28
16	were so [adj] [conj] [adv]	27
17	were too [adj] [conj] [adv]	27
18	were [adv] [adj] [conj] too	21
19	were [adv] [adj] but [adv]	20
20	were [adv] [adj -er] [conj] [adv]	20
21	were [adv] [adj] but [adv]	20
22	were [adv] [det] [conj] [adv]	18
23	were [adv] [adj] [conj] even	17
24	were [adv] [adj] that [adv]	17
25	were [adv] [adj] that [adv]	17
26	were [adv] [adj] [that] [adv]	17
27	were [adv] [adj] [conj] so	16
28	were [adv] [adj] [conj] less	16
29	were [adv] [adj] [conj] more	13
30	were [adv] [adj] [conj] very	12