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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pron] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	225
2	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	200
3	it [was/were] the [det] [noun]	135
4	it [was/were] the [det] [noun]	135
5	[noun] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	62
6	[adj] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	42
7	[det] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	38
8	[noun sg] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	38
9	this [was/were] the [det] [noun]	25
10	this [was/were] the [det] [noun]	25
11	they [was/were] the [det] [noun]	24
12	they [was/were] the [det] [noun]	24
13	he [was/were] the [det] [noun]	18
14	there [was/were] the [det] [noun]	17
15	there [was/were] the [det] [noun]	17
16	he [was/were] the [det] [noun]	17
17	[ex0] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	17
18	[noun pl] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	14
19	she [was/were] the [det] [noun]	11
20	she [was/were] the [det] [noun]	11
21	[noun prp] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	9
22	that [was/were] the [det] [noun]	8
23	that [was/were] the [det] [noun]	8
24	[verb] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	7
25	[adv] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	6
26	[Wh pn] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	6
27	[conj] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	6
28	i [was/were] the [det] [noun]	5
29	i [was/were] the [det] [noun]	5
30	who [was/were] the [det] [noun]	5