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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pers pn] was the [adj]	5025
2	it [was/were] the [adj]	3514
3	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj]	2647
4	[pers pn] [was/were] the [num ord]	1620
5	[pers pn] [was/were] the first	1071
6	[pers pn] [was/were] the first	1071
7	he [was/were] the [adj]	829
8	[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj -est]	783
9	[pers pn] [was/were] the only	716
10	[pers pn] [was/were] the only	716
11	[pers pn] were the [adj]	591
12	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det]	419
13	[pers pn] [was/were] the same	365
14	[pers pn] [was/were] the same	365
15	they [was/were] the [adj]	321
16	i [was/were] the [adj]	310
17	she [was/were] the [adj]	308
18	[pers pn] [was/were] the last	284
19	[pers pn] [was/were] the last	284
20	[pers pn] [was/were] the good	213
21	[pers pn] [was/were] the best	195
22	we [was/were] the [adj]	109
23	[pers pn] [was/were] the second	99
24	[pers pn] [was/were] the second	99
25	[pers pn] [was/were] the right	88
26	[pers pn] [was/were] the right	88
27	[pers pn] [was/were] the [num]	85
28	[pers pn] [was/were] the young	76
29	you [was/were] the [adj]	76
30	[pers pn] [was/were] the great	73