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