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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	300
2	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] [noun sg] in	284
3	[pers pn] was the [adj] [noun] in	261
4	it [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	163
5	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	116
6	[pers pn] [was/were] the [num ord] [noun] in	109
7	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj -est] [noun] in	65
8	[pers pn] [was/were] the first [noun] in	63
9	[pers pn] [was/were] the first [noun] in	63
10	[pers pn] [was/were] the only [noun] in	62
11	[pers pn] [was/were] the only [noun] in	62
12	he [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	58
13	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time in	50
14	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] time in	50
15	[pers pn] were the [adj] [noun] in	39
16	i [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	24
17	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] person in	20
18	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] person in	20
19	[pers pn] [was/were] the last [noun] in	19
20	[pers pn] [was/were] the last [noun] in	19
21	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] man in	18
22	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] man in	18
23	she [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	18
24	they [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	14
25	[pers pn] [was/were] the good [noun] in	13
26	[pers pn] [was/were] the best [noun] in	13
27	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] thing in	13
28	we [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	13
29	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] thing in	12
30	[pers pn] [was/were] the big [noun] in	10