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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] [noun]	200
2	[pers pn] [was/were] the same [noun]	190
3	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] [noun sg]	184
4	[pers pn] was the [det] [noun]	168
5	it [was/were] the [det] [noun]	135
6	[pers pn] were the [det] [noun]	32
7	they [was/were] the [det] [noun]	24
8	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] man	22
9	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] man	22
10	he [was/were] the [det] [noun]	17
11	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] story	17
12	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] story	17
13	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] age	15
14	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] age	14
15	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] [noun pl]	11
16	she [was/were] the [det] [noun]	11
17	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] thing	10
18	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] thing	10
19	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] sort	7
20	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] sort	7
21	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] price	5
22	[pers pn] [was/were] the [det] price	5
23	i [was/were] the [det] [noun]	5