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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[det] [was/were] [prep] the	532
2	[det] was [prep] the	444
3	that [was/were] [prep] the	240
4	this [was/were] [prep] the	188
5	[det] [was/were] in the	156
6	[det] were [prep] the	88
7	[det] [was/were] on the	56
8	[det] [was/were] at the	40
9	these [was/were] [prep] the	40
10	[det] [was/were] for the	38
11	[det] [was/were] before the	37
12	[det] [was/were] about the	32
13	[det] [was/were] of the	17
14	[det] [was/were] during the	17
15	[det] [was/were] despite the	16
16	[det] [was/were] after the	16
17	[det] [was/were] from the	16
18	[det] [was/were] to the	14
19	both [was/were] [prep] the	14
20	[det] [was/were] with the	10
21	[det] [was/were] against the	9
22	many [was/were] [prep] the	8
23	all [was/were] [prep] the	8
24	most [was/were] [prep] the	7
25	latter [was/were] [prep] the	6
26	[det] [was/were] by the	5
27	[det] [was/were] like the	5
28	[det] [was/were] among the	5