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No	Pattern	Freq
1	was [adv] the [adj] [prep]	139
2	[was/were] [adv] the [adj] [prep]	133
3	[was/were] [adv] the [adj] of	72
4	[was/were] [adv] the [adj -est] [prep]	66
5	[was/were] [adv] the [det] [prep]	51
6	[was/were] [adv] the same [prep]	46
7	[was/were] [adv] the same [prep]	46
8	[was/were] [not/n't] the [adj] [prep]	44
9	[was/were] not the [adj] [prep]	44
10	[was/were] [adv] the [adj] in	42
11	were [adv] the [adj] [prep]	38
12	[was/were] [adv] the [num ord] [prep]	31
13	[was/were] [adv] the first [prep]	25
14	[was/were] [adv] the first [prep]	25
15	[was/were] not the [adj] [prep]	25
16	[was/were] [adv] the good [prep]	25
17	[was/were] [adv] the [adj] for	24
18	[was/were] [adv] the best [prep]	20
19	[was/were] n't the [adj] [prep]	19
20	[was/were] just the [adj] [prep]	17
21	[was/were] just the [adj] [prep]	17
22	[was/were] also the [adj] [prep]	15
23	[was/were] also the [adj] [prep]	15
24	[was/were] [adv] the [adj -er] [prep]	14
25	[was/were] probably the [adj] [prep]	12
26	[was/were] probably the [adj] [prep]	12
27	[was/were] [adv] the [num] [prep]	12
28	[was/were] only the [adj] [prep]	11
29	[was/were] much the [adj] [prep]	11
30	[was/were] only the [adj] [prep]	11