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No	Pattern	Freq
1	it was the [num ord] [noun]	793
2	it [was/were] the [num ord] [noun sg]	780
3	it [was/were] the first [noun]	538
4	it [was/were] the [num ord] time	395
5	it [was/were] the [num ord] time	395
6	it [was/were] the last [noun]	120
7	it [was/were] the second [noun]	54
8	it [was/were] the [num ord] thing	39
9	it [was/were] the [num ord] thing	39
10	it [was/were] the third [noun]	38
11	it [was/were] the [num ord] day	31
12	it [was/were] the [num ord] day	30
13	it [was/were] the [num ord] [noun prp]	12
14	it [was/were] the fourth [noun]	10
15	it [was/were] the [num ord] visit	9
16	it [was/were] the next [noun]	9
17	it [was/were] the [num ord] visit	9
18	it [was/were] the [num ord] world	8
19	it [was/were] the [num ord] world	8
20	it [was/were] the [num ord] place	7
21	it [was/were] the [num ord] occasion	7
22	it [was/were] the [num ord] place	7
23	it [was/were] the [num ord] occasion	7
24	it [was/were] the [num ord] straw	6
25	it [was/were] the [num ord] step	6
26	it [was/were] the [num ord] straw	6
27	it [was/were] the [num ord] step	6
28	it [was/were] the [num ord] week	5
29	it [was/were] the [num ord] game	5
30	it [was/were] the [num ord] [noun pl]	5