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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [adv] the first	344
2	was [adv] [art] first	301
3	[was/were] [adv] [art] first	206
4	[was/were] not [art] first	145
5	[was/were] [not/n't] [art] first	145
6	[was/were] not [art] first	106
7	[was/were] also [art] first	67
8	[was/were] also [art] first	67
9	were [adv] [art] first	55
10	[was/were] n't [art] first	39
11	[was/were] probably [art] first	37
12	[was/were] probably [art] first	37
13	[was/were] only [art] first	13
14	[was/were] only [art] first	13
15	[was/were] [adv] a first	12
16	[was/were] just [art] first	9
17	[was/were] just [art] first	9
18	[was/were] always [art] first	7
19	[was/were] perhaps [art] first	7
20	[was/were] always [art] first	7
21	[was/were] perhaps [art] first	7
22	[was/were] usually [art] first	6
23	[was/were] usually [art] first	6
24	[was/were] almost [art] first	6
25	[was/were] almost [art] first	6
26	[was/were] [Wh adv] [art] first	5