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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] the [det] [noun sg]	324
2	[was/were] the same [noun]	322
3	was the [det] [noun]	293
4	were the [det] [noun]	80
5	[was/were] the [det] man	31
6	[was/were] the [det] man	30
7	[was/were] the [det] age	27
8	[was/were] the [det] [noun pl]	26
9	[was/were] the [det] age	26
10	[was/were] the former [noun]	24
11	[was/were] the [det] story	17
12	[was/were] the [det] story	17
13	[was/were] the [det] [noun prp]	16
14	[was/were] the [det] thing	14
15	[was/were] the [det] thing	14
16	[was/were] the [det] kind	10
17	[was/were] the [det] kind	10
18	[was/were] the [det] sort	9
19	[was/were] the [det] sort	9
20	[was/were] the [det] height	7
21	[was/were] the [det] price	7
22	[was/were] the [det] height	7
23	[was/were] the [det] colour	7
24	[was/were] the [det] colour	7
25	[was/were] the [det] price	7
26	[was/were] the [det] [n mass]	7
27	[was/were] the most [noun]	6
28	[was/were] the [det] size	6
29	[was/were] the [det] person	6
30	[was/were] the [det] size	6