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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[vb past] it was the [adj]	143
2	[vb past] it [was/were] the [adj]	56
3	said it [was/were] the [adj]	50
4	[vb past] it [was/were] the [adj -est]	41
5	thought it [was/were] the [adj]	31
6	[vb past] it [was/were] the [num ord]	29
7	[vb past] it [was/were] the first	18
8	[vb past] it [was/were] the first	18
9	[vb past] it [was/were] the best	15
10	[vb past] it [was/were] the [det]	15
11	[vb past] it [was/were] the good	15
12	[vb past] it [was/were] the same	12
13	[vb past] it [was/were] the same	12
14	knew it [was/were] the [adj]	11
15	[vb past] it [was/were] the only	10
16	[vb past] it [was/were] the only	10
17	[vb past] it [was/were] the big	7
18	[vb past] it [was/were] the right	7
19	[vb past] it [was/were] the right	7
20	[vb past] it [was/were] the biggest	7
21	[vb past] it [was/were] the last	6
22	realised it [was/were] the [adj]	6
23	[vb past] it [was/were] the last	6
24	claimed it [was/were] the [adj]	5