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No	Pattern	Freq
1	were the [adj]	3158
2	were the [adj]	1951
3	were the [num ord]	443
4	were the only	319
5	were the only	319
6	were the first	311
7	were the first	311
8	were the [adj -est]	300
9	were the [det]	251
10	were the same	219
11	were the same	219
12	were the [num]	158
13	were the main	112
14	were the main	112
15	were the good	100
16	were the last	94
17	were the last	94
18	were the two	80
19	were the two	80
20	were the best	69
21	were the [adj -er]	55
22	were the bad	38
23	were the usual	36
24	were the usual	36
25	were the other	33
26	were the other	33
27	were the great	32
28	were the large	32
29	were the major	31
30	were the major	31