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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	1042
2	was [prep] the [noun pl]	725
3	[was/were] in the [noun pl]	399
4	[was/were] in the [noun pl]	399
5	were [prep] the [noun pl]	317
6	[was/were] on the [noun pl]	154
7	[was/were] on the [noun pl]	154
8	[was/were] among the [noun pl]	102
9	[was/were] [prep] the hands	102
10	[was/were] among the [noun pl]	102
11	[was/were] at the [noun pl]	52
12	[was/were] at the [noun pl]	52
13	[was/were] for the [noun pl]	45
14	[was/were] for the [noun pl]	45
15	[was/were] with the [noun pl]	39
16	[was/were] with the [noun pl]	39
17	[was/were] [prep] the days	24
18	[was/were] to the [noun pl]	24
19	[was/were] to the [noun pl]	24
20	[was/were] [prep] the cards	23
21	[was/were] from the [noun pl]	21
22	[was/were] from the [noun pl]	21
23	[was/were] [prep] the interests	20
24	[was/were] between the [noun pl]	19
25	[was/were] about the [noun pl]	19
26	[was/were] between the [noun pl]	19
27	[was/were] about the [noun pl]	19
28	[was/were] like the [noun pl]	18
29	[was/were] like the [noun pl]	18
30	[was/were] [prep] the police	18