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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	55
2	[pron] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	52
3	[pers pn] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	41
4	[noun sg] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	40
5	[adj] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	22
6	[det] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	19
7	this [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	16
8	this [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	16
9	it [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	14
10	it [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	14
11	[noun pl] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	13
12	he [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	10
13	he [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	10
14	they [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	7
15	[Wh det] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	7
16	[conj] [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	7
17	they [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	7
18	what [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	5
19	what [was/were] do [prep] the [noun sg]	5
20	[was/were] [pron] do [prep] the [noun sg]	42
21	[was/were] [indef pn] do [prep] the [noun sg]	26
22	[was/were] [adv] do [prep] the [noun sg]	20
23	[was/were] [adv] do [prep] the [noun sg]	16
24	[was/were] [pers pn] do [prep] the [noun sg]	15
25	[was/were] something do [prep] the [noun sg]	13
26	[was/were] something do [prep] the [noun sg]	13
27	[was/were] [verb] do [prep] the [noun sg]	12
28	[was/were] nothing do [prep] the [noun sg]	11
29	[was/were] nothing do [prep] the [noun sg]	11
30	[was/were] [adj] do [prep] the [noun sg]	11