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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] it was [adj] to be	76
2	[subord] it was [adj] to be	32
3	[coord] it was [adj] to be	27
4	that it was [adj] to be	17
5	and it was [adj] to be	17
6	[verb] it was [adj] to be	17
7	and it was [adj] to be	17
8	[that] it was [adj] to be	17
9	that it was [adj] to be	17
10	[vb past] it was [adj] to be	13
11	[adv] it was [adj] to be	12
12	[noun] it was [adj] to be	11
13	as it was [adj] to be	11
14	as it was [adj] to be	11
15	[adv] it was [adj] to be	11
16	but it was [adj] to be	10
17	but it was [adj] to be	10
18	[pron] it was [adj] to be	8
19	[noun sg] it was [adj] to be	8
20	[Wh det] it was [adj] to be	7
21	because it was [adj] to be	7
22	because it was [adj] to be	7
23	which it was [adj] to be	6
24	which it was [adj] to be	6
25	say it was [adj] to be	5
26	it was [adv] [adj] to be	82
27	it was [adv] [adj] to be	66
28	it was not [adj] to be	16
29	it was [not/n't] [adj] to be	16
30	it was too [adj] to be	15