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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] but [det] [was/were] the	13
2	[noun sg] but [det] [was/were] the	8
3	but [conj] [det] [was/were] the	21
4	but [subord] [det] [was/were] the	19
5	but if [det] [was/were] the	13
6	but [adv] [det] [was/were] the	13
7	but if [det] [was/were] the	13
8	but [adv] [det] [was/were] the	12
9	but [det] [noun sg] [was/were] the	8
10	but [det] [noun] [was/were] the	8
11	but [det] [was/were] [adv] the	120
12	but [det] [was/were] not the	82
13	but [det] [was/were] [not/n't] the	82
14	but [det] [was/were] not the	53
15	but [det] [was/were] [prep] the	46
16	but [det] [was/were] [prep] the	46
17	but [det] [was/were] [adv] the	32
18	but [det] [was/were] n't the	29
19	but [det] [was/were] in the	19
20	but [det] [was/were] in the	19
21	but [det] [was/were] before the	8
22	but [det] [was/were] before the	8
23	but [det] [was/were] only the	7
24	but [det] [was/were] only the	7
25	but [det] [was/were] [Wh adv] the	6
26	but [det] [was/were] [conj] the	6
27	but [det] [was/were] [subord] the	6
28	but [det] [was/were] for the	5
29	but [det] [was/were] [verb] the	5
30	but [det] [was/were] for the	5