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No	Pattern	Freq
1	was [adv] the [noun pl]	192
2	[was/were] [adv] the [noun pl]	184
3	were [adv] the [noun pl]	156
4	[was/were] [not/n't] the [noun pl]	115
5	[was/were] not the [noun pl]	115
6	[was/were] not the [noun pl]	70
7	[was/were] [Wh adv] the [noun pl]	48
8	[was/were] n't the [noun pl]	45
9	[was/were] only the [noun pl]	25
10	[was/were] only the [noun pl]	25
11	[was/were] where the [noun pl]	23
12	[was/were] where the [noun pl]	23
13	[was/were] also the [noun pl]	21
14	[was/were] also the [noun pl]	21
15	[was/were] when the [noun pl]	15
16	[was/were] when the [noun pl]	15
17	[was/were] always the [noun pl]	13
18	[was/were] just the [noun pl]	13
19	[was/were] just the [noun pl]	13
20	[was/were] always the [noun pl]	13
21	[was/were] [adv] the ones	10
22	[was/were] [adv] the police	10
23	[was/were] often the [noun pl]	9
24	[was/were] often the [noun pl]	9
25	[was/were] still the [noun pl]	9
26	[was/were] still the [noun pl]	9
27	[was/were] how the [noun pl]	8
28	[was/were] how the [noun pl]	8
29	[was/were] probably the [noun pl]	7
30	[was/were] probably the [noun pl]	7