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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [adv] the	4917
2	was [adv] the	4170
3	were [adv] the	747
4	[was/were] also the	611
5	[was/were] probably the	368
6	[was/were] only the	353
7	[was/were] just the	334
8	[was/were] always the	283
9	[was/were] still the	211
10	[was/were] perhaps the	144
11	[was/were] now the	128
12	[was/were] once the	121
13	[was/were] exactly the	100
14	[was/were] then the	93
15	[was/were] all the	85
16	[was/were] often the	84
17	[was/were] much the	81
18	[was/were] certainly the	78
19	[was/were] really the	70
20	[was/were] undoubtedly the	67
21	[was/were] hardly the	62
22	[was/were] almost the	62
23	[was/were] indeed the	61
24	[was/were] precisely the	59
25	[was/were] never the	57
26	[was/were] usually the	55
27	[was/were] simply the	55
28	[was/were] merely the	53
29	[was/were] actually the	50
30	[was/were] clearly the	47