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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] [pron] the [adj]	51
2	[was/were] [v-ing] [pron] the [adj]	43
3	[was/were] [adv] [pron] the [adj]	16
4	[was/were] [prep] [pron] the [adj]	14
5	[was/were] [prep] [pron] the [adj]	14
6	[was/were] not [pron] the [adj]	12
7	[was/were] [not/n't] [pron] the [adj]	12
8	[was/were] give [pron] the [adj]	10
9	[was/were] giving [pron] the [adj]	10
10	[was/were] n't [pron] the [adj]	10
11	[was/were] telling [pron] the [adj]	8
12	[was/were] tell [pron] the [adj]	8
13	[was/were] [adj] [pron] the [adj]	6
14	[was/were] [to-vb] [pron] the [adj]	6
15	[was/were] for [pron] the [adj]	5
16	[was/were] to [pron] the [adj]	5
17	[was/were] to [pron] the [adj]	5
18	[was/were] for [pron] the [adj]	5
19	[conj] [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	38
20	[coord] [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	38
21	[pron] [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	22
22	or [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	19
23	or [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	19
24	nor [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	17
25	nor [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	17
26	[pers pn] [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	14
27	[adv] [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	14
28	[det] [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	11
29	[adj] [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	11
30	[adv] [was/were] [pron] the [adj]	9