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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [adv] the [adj] [adj]	221
2	was [adv] the [adj] [adj]	213
3	[was/were] [adv] the [adj] [adj]	165
4	[was/were] [adv] the [adj] [adj]	135
5	[was/were] not the [adj] [adj]	79
6	[was/were] [not/n't] the [adj] [adj]	79
7	[was/were] [adv] the [num ord] [adj]	64
8	[was/were] not the [adj] [adj]	61
9	[was/were] [adv] the only [adj]	59
10	[was/were] [adv] the only [adj]	59
11	[was/were] [adv] the first [adj]	47
12	[was/were] [adv] the first [adj]	47
13	were [adv] the [adj] [adj]	35
14	[was/were] [adv] the [adj -est] [adj]	31
15	[was/were] also the [adj] [adj]	24
16	[was/were] also the [adj] [adj]	24
17	[was/were] probably the [adj] [adj]	20
18	[was/were] probably the [adj] [adj]	20
19	[was/were] n't the [adj] [adj]	18
20	[was/were] [adv] the [adj] [num]	13
21	[was/were] still the [adj] [adj]	12
22	[was/were] still the [adj] [adj]	12
23	[was/were] only the [adj] [adj]	11
24	[was/were] only the [adj] [adj]	11
25	[was/were] [adv] the [det] [adj]	11
26	[was/were] always the [adj] [adj]	10
27	[was/were] perhaps the [adj] [adj]	10
28	[was/were] always the [adj] [adj]	10
29	[was/were] perhaps the [adj] [adj]	10
30	[was/were] [adv] the same [adj]	9