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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[det] was the [noun sg]	2857
2	that [was/were] the [noun sg]	1309
3	this [was/were] the [noun sg]	1293
4	[det] [was/were] the case	237
5	such [was/were] the [noun sg]	189
6	[det] were the [noun sg]	138
7	these [was/were] the [noun sg]	104
8	[det] [was/were] the end	102
9	[det] [was/were] the way	101
10	[det] [was/were] the reason	57
11	[det] [was/were] the time	56
12	[det] [was/were] the day	41
13	all [was/were] the [noun sg]	41
14	[det] [was/were] the kind	40
15	[det] [was/were] the year	40
16	[det] [was/were] the beginning	40
17	[det] [was/were] the point	39
18	[det] [was/were] the start	39
19	[det] [was/were] the moment	36
20	[det] [was/were] the trouble	35
21	[det] [was/were] the result	33
22	[det] [was/were] the sort	32
23	[det] [was/were] the question	28
24	[det] [was/were] the man	27
25	[det] [was/were] the problem	27
26	[det] [was/were] the thing	27
27	[det] [was/were] the situation	25
28	[det] [was/were] the idea	22
29	[det] [was/were] the name	22
30	[det] [was/were] the night	21