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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	136
2	[subord] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	63
3	[coord] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	46
4	and it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	28
5	and it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	28
6	that it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	27
7	[that] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	27
8	that it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	27
9	[verb] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	26
10	because it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	25
11	because it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	25
12	but it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	18
13	but it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	18
14	if it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	17
15	if it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	17
16	[vb past] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	16
17	[noun] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	13
18	say it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	12
19	said it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	10
20	[noun sg] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	9
21	as it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	9
22	as it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	9
23	[vb base] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	8
24	[adv] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	7
25	think it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	6
26	[adv] it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	6
27	think it was the [num ord] [noun sg]	5
28	it was [adv] the [num ord] [noun sg]	89
29	it was [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg]	67
30	it was [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg]	67