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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pers pn] was the [noun sg]	4578
2	it [was/were] the [noun sg]	3306
3	he [was/were] the [noun sg]	745
4	[pers pn] were the [noun sg]	316
5	she [was/were] the [noun sg]	268
6	i [was/were] the [noun sg]	144
7	they [was/were] the [noun sg]	137
8	[pers pn] [was/were] the sort	133
9	[pers pn] [was/were] the kind	97
10	[pers pn] [was/were] the way	80
11	[pers pn] [was/were] the son	77
12	[pers pn] [was/were] the man	74
13	[pers pn] [was/were] the end	73
14	you [was/were] the [noun sg]	72
15	[pers pn] [was/were] the day	59
16	[pers pn] [was/were] the beginning	59
17	me [was/were] the [noun sg]	50
18	him [was/were] the [noun sg]	42
19	them [was/were] the [noun sg]	39
20	[pers pn] [was/were] the fact	39
21	[pers pn] [was/were] the time	38
22	[pers pn] [was/were] the daughter	37
23	[pers pn] [was/were] the result	37
24	[pers pn] [was/were] the duty	33
25	[pers pn] [was/were] the truth	32
26	her [was/were] the [noun sg]	31
27	[pers pn] [was/were] the custom	29
28	[pers pn] [was/were] the father	29
29	[pers pn] [was/were] the turn	28
30	[pers pn] [was/were] the start	27