| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 111 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 85 |
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| 3 | [pron] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 23 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 12 |
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| 5 | [noun sg] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 12 |
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| 6 | they were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 10 |
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| 7 | they were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 9 |
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| 8 | [adj] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 9 |
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| 9 | [noun prp] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 8 |
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| 10 | [Wh det] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 7 |
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| 11 | which were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 7 |
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| 12 | which were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 7 |
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| 13 | [conj] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 7 |
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| 14 | [n mass] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 6 |
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| 15 | [num] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 6 |
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| 16 | [coord] were [vb pp] [prep] the first | 5 |
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| 17 | were [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the first | 24 |
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| 18 | were [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the first | 18 |
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| 19 | were [not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] the first | 6 |
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| 20 | were not [vb pp] [prep] the first | 6 |
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| 21 | were not [vb pp] [prep] the first | 6 |
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| 22 | were [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the first | 17 |
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| 23 | were [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the first | 12 |
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| 24 | were [vb pp] out [prep] the first | 8 |
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| 25 | were [vb pp] out [prep] the first | 8 |
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| 26 | were [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the first | 5 |
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| 27 | were [vb pp] [prep] the first [noun] | 119 |
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| 28 | were [vb pp] [prep] the first [noun sg] | 112 |
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| 29 | were [vb pp] [prep] the first time | 39 |
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| 30 | were [vb pp] [prep] the first time | 39 |
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