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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] the [num ord] [adj]	668
2	was the [num ord] [adj]	598
3	[was/were] the [num ord] [adj]	549
4	[was/were] the first [adj]	420
5	[was/were] the last [adj]	94
6	were the [num ord] [adj]	70
7	[was/were] the second [adj]	61
8	[was/were] the [num ord] [adj -est]	57
9	[was/were] the [num ord] major	50
10	[was/were] the [num ord] major	50
11	[was/were] the [num ord] [det]	33
12	[was/were] the [num ord] [num]	28
13	[was/were] the third [adj]	26
14	[was/were] the [num ord] large	23
15	[was/were] the next [adj]	22
16	[was/were] the [num ord] largest	21
17	[was/were] the [num ord] good	20
18	[was/were] the [num ord] such	20
19	[was/were] the [num ord] such	20
20	[was/were] the [num ord] british	19
21	[was/were] the [num ord] british	19
22	[was/were] the [num ord] real	17
23	[was/were] the [num ord] big	17
24	[was/were] the [num ord] real	17
25	[was/were] the [num ord] great	15
26	[was/were] the [num ord] great	15
27	[was/were] the [num ord] two	14
28	[was/were] the fourth [adj]	14
29	[was/were] the [num ord] best	14
30	[was/were] the [num ord] two	14