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No	Pattern	Freq
1	say [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj]	91
2	say [pers pn] was the [adj]	83
3	said [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj]	68
4	say it [was/were] the [adj]	65
5	say [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj -est]	34
6	say [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj]	30
7	say [pers pn] [was/were] the [num ord]	20
8	say [pers pn] [was/were] the good	16
9	say [pers pn] [was/were] the best	15
10	say [pers pn] [was/were] the first	12
11	say [pers pn] [was/were] the first	12
12	say [pers pn] [was/were] the only	9
13	say [pers pn] [was/were] the only	9
14	say he [was/were] the [adj]	8
15	say [pers pn] were the [adj]	8
16	say [pers pn] [was/were] the [det]	6
17	say [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj]	6
18	say i [was/were] the [adj]	6
19	says [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj]	5
20	say [pers pn] [was/were] the bad	5
21	say [pers pn] [was/were] the same	5
22	say [pers pn] [was/were] the same	5