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No	Pattern	Freq
1	it was [adv] the [adj]	363
2	it [was/were] [adv] the [adj]	161
3	it [was/were] [adv] the [num ord]	80
4	it [was/were] only the [adj]	60
5	it [was/were] [adv] the [det]	59
6	it [was/were] [adv] the same	58
7	it [was/were] [adv] the same	58
8	it [was/were] [adv] the [adj -est]	52
9	it [was/were] also the [adj]	50
10	it [was/were] probably the [adj]	38
11	it [was/were] [adv] the first	37
12	it [was/were] [adv] the first	37
13	it [was/were] just the [adj]	33
14	it [was/were] always the [adj]	28
15	it [was/were] [adv] the only	17
16	it [was/were] [adv] the only	17
17	it [was/were] still the [adj]	15
18	it [was/were] [adv] the second	14
19	it [was/were] [adv] the second	14
20	it [was/were] [adv] the last	11
21	it [was/were] [adv] the good	11
22	it [was/were] [adv] the best	11
23	it [was/were] [adv] the [num]	11
24	it [was/were] [adv] the last	11
25	it [was/were] [adv] the other	9
26	it [was/were] [adv] the other	9
27	it [was/were] [adv] the two	8
28	it [was/were] [adv] the two	8
29	it [was/were] exactly the [adj]	8
30	it [was/were] almost the [adj]	8