| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 230 |
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| 2 | [pron] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 217 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 202 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 172 |
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| 5 | they were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 106 |
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| 6 | they were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 103 |
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| 7 | we were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 58 |
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| 8 | we were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 56 |
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| 9 | you were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 27 |
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| 10 | you were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 27 |
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| 11 | [noun sg] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 26 |
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| 12 | thing were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 24 |
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| 13 | things were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 24 |
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| 14 | [noun prp] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 22 |
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| 15 | [n mass] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 10 |
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| 16 | who were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 9 |
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| 17 | [conj] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 9 |
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| 18 | who were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 9 |
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| 19 | [Wh pn] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 9 |
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| 20 | people were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 8 |
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| 21 | people were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 8 |
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| 22 | [coord] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 7 |
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| 23 | [adj] were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 7 |
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| 24 | and were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 6 |
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| 25 | and were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 6 |
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| 26 | i were [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 6 |
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| 27 | were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 61 |
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| 28 | were [adv] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 35 |
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| 29 | were [not/n't] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 25 |
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| 30 | were not [v-ing] [adv] [adv] | 25 |
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