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No	Pattern	Freq
1	it [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	163
2	it [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	163
3	it [was/were] the [adj] [noun sg] in	160
4	it was the [adj] [noun] in	160
5	it [was/were] the [num ord] [noun] in	78
6	it [was/were] the [adj] time in	50
7	it [was/were] the [adj] time in	50
8	it [was/were] the [adj] [noun] in	49
9	it [was/were] the first [noun] in	44
10	it [was/were] the first [noun] in	44
11	it [was/were] the [adj -est] [noun] in	29
12	it [was/were] the only [noun] in	21
13	it [was/were] the only [noun] in	21
14	it [was/were] the [adj] thing in	13
15	it [was/were] the [adj] thing in	12
16	it [was/were] the last [noun] in	12
17	it [was/were] the last [noun] in	12
18	it [was/were] the second [noun] in	9
19	it [was/were] the second [noun] in	9
20	it [was/were] the third [noun] in	7
21	it [was/were] the third [noun] in	7
22	it [was/were] the final [noun] in	6
23	it [was/were] the final [noun] in	6
24	it [was/were] the [adj] place in	5
25	it [was/were] the [adj] story in	5
26	it [was/were] the fourth [noun] in	5
27	it [was/were] the [adj] place in	5
28	it [was/were] the big [noun] in	5
29	it [was/were] the fourth [noun] in	5
30	it [was/were] the biggest [noun] in	5