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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[det] [was/were] [adv] the [noun sg]	312
2	[det] was [adv] the [noun sg]	303
3	this [was/were] [adv] the [noun sg]	216
4	that [was/were] [adv] the [noun sg]	86
5	[det] [was/were] [adv] the case	82
6	[det] [was/were] also the [noun sg]	46
7	[det] [was/were] just the [noun sg]	29
8	[det] [was/were] certainly the [noun sg]	19
9	[det] [was/were] indeed the [noun sg]	19
10	[det] [was/were] [adv] the result	18
11	[det] [was/were] precisely the [noun sg]	13
12	[det] [was/were] [adv] the view	12
13	[det] [was/were] particularly the [noun sg]	12
14	[det] [was/were] [adv] the time	12
15	[det] [was/were] only the [noun sg]	12
16	[det] [was/were] probably the [noun sg]	12
17	[det] [was/were] especially the [noun sg]	11
18	[det] [was/were] exactly the [noun sg]	10
19	[det] were [adv] the [noun sg]	9
20	[det] [was/were] still the [noun sg]	9
21	[det] [was/were] [adv] the beginning	9
22	[det] [was/were] clearly the [noun sg]	9
23	[det] [was/were] really the [noun sg]	8
24	[det] [was/were] [adv] the way	7
25	[det] [was/were] [adv] the point	7
26	[det] [was/were] partly the [noun sg]	7
27	[det] [was/were] [adv] the sort	7
28	[det] [was/were] never the [noun sg]	6
29	[det] [was/were] [adv] the reason	6
30	[det] [was/were] [adv] the period	6