| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 487 |
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| 2 | [noun pl] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 335 |
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| 3 | [noun sg] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 100 |
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| 4 | [pron] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 89 |
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| 5 | [pers pn] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 58 |
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| 6 | they were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 44 |
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| 7 | they were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 42 |
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| 8 | [adj] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 42 |
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| 9 | [noun prp] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 37 |
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| 10 | [conj] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 36 |
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| 11 | [coord] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 28 |
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| 12 | [det] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 21 |
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| 13 | and were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 20 |
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| 14 | and were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 20 |
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| 15 | [num] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 18 |
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| 16 | [Wh pn] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 16 |
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| 17 | who were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 16 |
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| 18 | who were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 16 |
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| 19 | these were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 15 |
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| 20 | [Wh det] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 15 |
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| 21 | [n mass] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 15 |
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| 22 | which were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 15 |
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| 23 | which were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 15 |
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| 24 | these were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 15 |
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| 25 | we were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 9 |
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| 26 | we were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 9 |
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| 27 | that were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 7 |
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| 28 | [verb] were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 7 |
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| 29 | but were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 7 |
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| 30 | that were [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] | 7 |
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