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No	Pattern	Freq
1	were the [noun sg]	1724
2	were the result	76
3	were the case	58
4	were the subject	36
5	were the sort	29
6	were the kind	26
7	were the work	24
8	were the order	20
9	were the product	20
10	were the cause	18
11	were the key	18
12	were the property	17
13	were the source	15
14	were the norm	14
15	were the government	13
16	were the responsibility	13
17	were the basis	10
18	were the consequence	9
19	were the object	9
20	were the king	9
21	were the culmination	8
22	were the thing	8
23	were the outcome	8
24	were the creation	8
25	were the size	8
26	were the world	8
27	were the focus	8
28	were the end	7
29	were the country	7
30	were the rule	7