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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] trying [to-vb] [pron]	502
2	was try [to-vb] [pron]	402
3	[was/were] try [to-vb] [pers pn]	319
4	[was/were] try [to-vb] [pos pn]	123
5	were try [to-vb] [pron]	108
6	[was/were] try [to-vb] he	79
7	[was/were] try [to-vb] him	79
8	[was/were] try [to-vb] she	59
9	[was/were] try [to-vb] her	58
10	[was/were] try [to-vb] it	50
11	[was/were] try [to-vb] it	50
12	[was/were] try [to-vb] i	47
13	[was/were] try [to-vb] me	47
14	[was/were] try to tell [pron]	46
15	[was/were] try [to-vb] his	43
16	[was/were] try [to-vb] his	42
17	[was/were] try [to-vb] they	40
18	[was/were] try [to-vb] them	39
19	[was/were] try to get [pron]	34
20	[was/were] try [to-vb] her	31
21	[was/were] try [to-vb] her	31
22	[was/were] try [to-vb] [pn reflx]	30
23	[was/were] try [to-vb] [indef pn]	24
24	[was/were] try [to-vb] you	23
25	[was/were] try [to-vb] you	23
26	[was/were] try to make [pron]	21
27	[was/were] try [to-vb] we	20
28	[was/were] try [to-vb] us	20
29	[was/were] try to keep [pron]	18
30	[was/were] try [to-vb] my	17