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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	were [prep] the [noun pl]	317
5	[was/were] on the [noun pl]	154
6	[was/were] among the [noun pl]	102
7	[was/were] [prep] the hands	102
8	[was/were] at the [noun pl]	52
9	[was/were] for the [noun pl]	45
10	[was/were] with the [noun pl]	39
11	[was/were] [prep] the days	24
12	[was/were] to the [noun pl]	24
13	[was/were] [prep] the cards	23
14	[was/were] from the [noun pl]	21
15	[was/were] [prep] the interests	20
16	[was/were] about the [noun pl]	19
17	[was/were] between the [noun pl]	19
18	[was/were] [prep] the police	18
19	[was/were] like the [noun pl]	18
20	[was/were] [prep] the streets	17
21	[was/were] amongst the [noun pl]	13
22	[was/were] [prep] the throes	12
23	[was/were] under the [noun pl]	12
24	[was/were] before the [noun pl]	12
25	[was/were] of the [noun pl]	11
26	[was/were] [prep] the children	11
27	[was/were] [prep] the years	10
28	[was/were] over the [noun pl]	10
29	[was/were] against the [noun pl]	10
30	[was/were] [prep] the services	9