| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 295 |
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| 2 | [noun] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 275 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 267 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 198 |
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| 5 | they were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 121 |
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| 6 | they were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 119 |
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| 7 | we were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 81 |
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| 8 | we were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 80 |
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| 9 | you were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 41 |
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| 10 | you were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 41 |
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| 11 | [noun sg] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 37 |
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| 12 | [noun prp] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 25 |
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| 13 | [Wh pn] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 21 |
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| 14 | thing were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 21 |
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| 15 | things were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 21 |
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| 16 | [conj] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 20 |
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| 17 | who were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 19 |
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| 18 | who were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 19 |
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| 19 | and were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 16 |
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| 20 | [coord] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 16 |
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| 21 | and were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 16 |
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| 22 | [adj] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 15 |
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| 23 | [n mass] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 15 |
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| 24 | people were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 13 |
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| 25 | people were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 13 |
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| 26 | [adv] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 11 |
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| 27 | [adv] were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 10 |
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| 28 | i were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 9 |
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| 29 | she were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 9 |
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| 30 | i were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] | 9 |
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