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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] they [was/were] the	228
2	[subord] they [was/were] the	96
3	that they [was/were] the	69
4	that they [was/were] the	69
5	[that] they [was/were] the	69
6	[coord] they [was/were] the	63
7	[verb] they [was/were] the	40
8	and they [was/were] the	36
9	and they [was/were] the	36
10	[noun] they [was/were] the	35
11	[vb past] they [was/were] the	34
12	if they [was/were] the	32
13	if they [was/were] the	32
14	[adv] they [was/were] the	26
15	but they [was/were] the	24
16	but they [was/were] the	24
17	[adv] they [was/were] the	23
18	because they [was/were] the	22
19	because they [was/were] the	22
20	[noun sg] they [was/were] the	19
21	[noun pl] they [was/were] the	12
22	though they [was/were] the	11
23	though they [was/were] the	11
24	[unc] they [was/were] the	10
25	[no cls] they [was/were] the	10
26	think they [was/were] the	9
27	[adj] they [was/were] the	9
28	thought they [was/were] the	8
29	er they [was/were] the	7
30	er they [was/were] the	7