| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 216 |
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| 2 | [pron] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 206 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 180 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 136 |
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| 5 | they were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 103 |
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| 6 | they were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 97 |
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| 7 | we were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 55 |
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| 8 | we were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 55 |
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| 9 | [noun sg] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 38 |
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| 10 | [noun prp] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 22 |
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| 11 | [conj] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 22 |
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| 12 | [n mass] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 20 |
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| 13 | and were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 14 | who were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 15 | [Wh pn] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 16 | people were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 17 | and were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 18 | [coord] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 19 | you were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 20 | you were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 21 | people were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 22 | who were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 16 |
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| 23 | [adj] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 11 |
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| 24 | which were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 8 |
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| 25 | which were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 8 |
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| 26 | [Wh det] were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 8 |
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| 27 | cloud were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 7 |
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| 28 | that were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 6 |
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| 29 | them were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 6 |
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| 30 | that were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the | 6 |
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