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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] for [det] [noun]	135
2	was for [det] [noun]	123
3	[was/were] for [det] [noun sg]	72
4	[was/were] for [det] [noun pl]	60
5	[was/were] for [det] reason	52
6	[was/were] for [det] reason	45
7	[was/were] for this [noun]	38
8	[was/were] for [det] year	34
9	[was/were] for [det] years	34
10	[was/were] for many [noun]	33
11	[was/were] for some [noun]	23
12	were for [det] [noun]	12
13	[was/were] for that [noun]	11
14	[was/were] for these [noun]	9
15	[was/were] for [det] reasons	7
16	[was/were] for all [noun]	7
17	[was/were] for [det] time	6
18	[was/were] for [det] time	6