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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pron] [was/were] the [det]	474
2	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det]	419
3	[pron] [was/were] the same	409
4	[pron] was the [det]	402
5	it [was/were] the [det]	315
6	it [was/were] the [det]	315
7	[pron] were the [det]	72
8	they [was/were] the [det]	41
9	they [was/were] the [det]	40
10	[pron] [was/were] the latter	31
11	he [was/were] the [det]	29
12	he [was/were] the [det]	27
13	there [was/were] the [det]	27
14	there [was/were] the [det]	27
15	[ex0] [was/were] the [det]	27
16	she [was/were] the [det]	17
17	she [was/were] the [det]	16
18	[pron] [was/were] the former	12
19	[Wh det] [was/were] the [det]	10
20	which [was/were] the [det]	10
21	which [was/were] the [det]	10
22	[pron] [was/were] the least	9
23	[indef pn] [was/were] the [det]	9
24	i [was/were] the [det]	8
25	i [was/were] the [det]	8
26	[Wh pn] [was/were] the [det]	7
27	who [was/were] the [det]	6
28	who [was/were] the [det]	6
29	everything [was/were] the [det]	5
30	[pron] [was/were] the most	5