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No	Pattern	Freq
1	it [was/were] [prep] the	1808
2	it was [prep] the	1778
3	it [was/were] in the	613
4	it [was/were] on the	247
5	it [was/were] at the	144
6	it [was/were] for the	112
7	it [was/were] like the	91
8	it [was/were] during the	82
9	it [was/were] from the	64
10	it [was/were] to the	59
11	it [was/were] about the	47
12	it [was/were] with the	43
13	it were [prep] the	33
14	it [was/were] after the	30
15	it [was/were] by the	26
16	it [was/were] under the	23
17	it [was/were] over the	20
18	it [was/were] against the	20
19	it [was/were] worth the	19
20	it [was/were] of the	19
21	it [was/were] through the	16
22	it [was/were] before the	16
23	it [was/were] within the	12
24	it [was/were] near the	12
25	it [was/were] among the	10
26	it [was/were] towards the	9
27	it [was/were] into the	7
28	it [was/were] as the	7
29	it [was/were] outside the	6
30	it [was/were] behind the	6