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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the [noun]	371
2	[adj] was [adv] the [noun]	345
3	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the [noun sg]	344
4	[det] [was/were] [adv] the [noun]	336
5	this [was/were] [adv] the [noun]	222
6	this [was/were] [adv] the [noun]	222
7	that [was/were] [adv] the [noun]	92
8	that [was/were] [adv] the [noun]	92
9	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the case	83
10	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the case	83
11	[adj] [was/were] also the [noun]	52
12	[adj] [was/were] just the [noun]	34
13	[adj] were [adv] the [noun]	26
14	[num] [was/were] [adv] the [noun]	24
15	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the result	22
16	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the result	22
17	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the [noun pl]	20
18	[adj] [was/were] certainly the [noun]	20
19	[adj] [was/were] only the [noun]	19
20	[adj] [was/were] indeed the [noun]	19
21	[adj] [was/were] precisely the [noun]	18
22	[adj] [was/were] probably the [noun]	15
23	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the view	13
24	[adj] [was/were] exactly the [noun]	12
25	[adj] [was/were] particularly the [noun]	12
26	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the time	12
27	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the view	12
28	these [was/were] [adv] the [noun]	12
29	these [was/were] [adv] the [noun]	12
30	[adj] [was/were] [adv] the time	12