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