| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 344 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 264 |
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| 3 | [pron] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 58 |
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| 4 | [noun sg] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 51 |
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| 5 | [pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 34 |
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| 6 | they were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 30 |
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| 7 | they were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 28 |
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| 8 | [adj] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 20 |
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| 9 | [noun prp] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 17 |
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| 10 | [Wh det] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 15 |
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| 11 | which were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 12 | which were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 14 |
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| 13 | [num] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 13 |
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| 14 | [n mass] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 15 | patients were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 16 | cells were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 17 | cell were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 18 | patient were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 11 |
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| 19 | [verb] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 10 |
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| 20 | [conj] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 10 |
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| 21 | [coord] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 9 |
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| 22 | [Wh pn] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 8 |
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| 23 | who were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 8 |
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| 24 | who were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 8 |
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| 25 | [det] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 26 | specimens were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 27 | specimen were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 28 | and were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 29 | and were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 7 |
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| 30 | [unc] were [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] | 5 |
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