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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] was the [adj]	288
2	[conj] [was/were] the [adj]	258
3	[coord] [was/were] the [adj]	184
4	and [was/were] the [adj]	143
5	and [was/were] the [adj]	143
6	[subord] [was/were] the [adj]	115
7	[conj] were the [adj]	109
8	as [was/were] the [adj]	102
9	as [was/were] the [adj]	102
10	[that] [was/were] the [adj]	98
11	that [was/were] the [adj]	98
12	that [was/were] the [adj]	98
13	[conj] [was/were] the [num ord]	73
14	[conj] [was/were] the first	53
15	[conj] [was/were] the first	53
16	[conj] [was/were] the [adj -est]	37
17	[conj] [was/were] the only	32
18	[conj] [was/were] the only	32
19	nor [was/were] the [adj]	17
20	nor [was/were] the [adj]	17
21	but [was/were] the [adj]	15
22	but [was/were] the [adj]	15
23	[conj] [was/were] the [det]	14
24	[conj] [was/were] the main	12
25	[conj] [was/were] the main	12
26	[conj] [was/were] the last	11
27	[conj] [was/were] the other	11
28	[conj] [was/were] the other	11
29	[conj] [was/were] the last	11
30	than [was/were] the [adj]	10