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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] it [was/were] the [adj]	747
2	[coord] it [was/were] the [adj]	275
3	[subord] it [was/were] the [adj]	270
4	[verb] it [was/were] the [adj]	243
5	that it [was/were] the [adj]	202
6	that it [was/were] the [adj]	202
7	[that] it [was/were] the [adj]	202
8	but it [was/were] the [adj]	163
9	but it [was/were] the [adj]	163
10	[adv] it [was/were] the [adj]	153
11	[vb past] it [was/were] the [adj]	144
12	[adv] it [was/were] the [adj]	141
13	[noun] it [was/were] the [adj]	139
14	and it [was/were] the [adj]	112
15	and it [was/were] the [adj]	112
16	[noun sg] it [was/were] the [adj]	84
17	because it [was/were] the [adj]	83
18	because it [was/were] the [adj]	83
19	if it [was/were] the [adj]	73
20	if it [was/were] the [adj]	73
21	think it [was/were] the [adj]	65
22	say it [was/were] the [adj]	65
23	said it [was/were] the [adj]	50
24	[adj] it [was/were] the [adj]	46
25	[vb base] it [was/were] the [adj]	45
26	as it [was/were] the [adj]	33
27	as it [was/were] the [adj]	33
28	[prep] it [was/were] the [adj]	32
29	[prep] it [was/were] the [adj]	32
30	whether it [was/were] the [adj]	31