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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[adv] it [was/were] the	398
2	[adv] it was the	397
3	perhaps it [was/were] the	83
4	maybe it [was/were] the	34
5	then it [was/were] the	30
6	now it [was/were] the	27
7	yet it [was/were] the	16
8	so it [was/were] the	14
9	again it [was/were] the	13
10	well it [was/were] the	11
11	indeed it [was/were] the	9
12	nevertheless it [was/were] the	7
13	instead it [was/were] the	6
14	once it [was/were] the	6
15	yesterday it [was/were] the	6
16	ago it [was/were] the	5
17	probably it [was/were] the	5
18	here it [was/were] the	5
19	rather it [was/were] the	5
20	surely it [was/were] the	5
21	actually it [was/were] the	5
22	certainly it [was/were] the	5