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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pron] father [was/were] the	36
2	[pos pn] father [was/were] the	35
3	my father [was/were] the	14
4	my father [was/were] the	14
5	['s] father [was/were] the	11
6	's father [was/were] the	11
7	[unc] father [was/were] the	11
8	's father [was/were] the	11
9	his father [was/were] the	9
10	his father [was/were] the	9
11	her father [was/were] the	5
12	your father [was/were] the	5
13	her father [was/were] the	5
14	your father [was/were] the	5
15	father [was/were] [prep] the	29
16	father [was/were] [prep] the	29
17	father [was/were] in the	19
18	father [was/were] in the	19
19	father [was/were] [verb] the	12
20	father [was/were] [v-ing] the	9
21	father [was/were] on the	6
22	father [was/were] on the	6
23	father [was/were] the [noun]	27
24	father [was/were] the [noun sg]	25
25	father [was/were] the [adj]	21
26	father [was/were] the [adj]	10
27	father [was/were] the [num ord]	7
28	father [was/were] the first	5
29	father [was/were] the first	5