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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the same	88
2	[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [det]	72
3	[pers pn] was [verb] [prep] the [det]	61
4	[pers pn] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	39
5	they [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [det]	29
6	[pers pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the [det]	27
7	it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [det]	23
8	he [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [det]	19
9	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] at the [det]	19
10	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] by the [det]	17
11	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] in the [det]	16
12	she [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [det]	12
13	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] on the [det]	11
14	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] to the [det]	10
15	i [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [det]	8
16	we [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [det]	6
17	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] with the [det]	6
18	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the former	5
19	[pers pn] [was/were] bear [prep] the [det]	5
20	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [prep] the latter	5
21	[pers pn] [was/were] born [prep] the [det]	5
22	[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] from the [det]	5