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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pron] [was/were] almost [art]	144
2	[pers pn] [was/were] almost [art]	90
3	it [was/were] almost [art]	69
4	it [was/were] almost [art]	69
5	[noun] [was/were] almost [art]	67
6	[noun sg] [was/were] almost [art]	45
7	there [was/were] almost [art]	35
8	[ex0] [was/were] almost [art]	35
9	there [was/were] almost [art]	35
10	[Wh det] [was/were] almost [art]	15
11	[noun prp] [was/were] almost [art]	14
12	[conj] [was/were] almost [art]	14
13	[adj] [was/were] almost [art]	13
14	that [was/were] almost [art]	11
15	[that] [was/were] almost [art]	11
16	that [was/were] almost [art]	11
17	[det] [was/were] almost [art]	10
18	he [was/were] almost [art]	8
19	what [was/were] almost [art]	8
20	he [was/were] almost [art]	8
21	what [was/were] almost [art]	8
22	this [was/were] almost [art]	7
23	which [was/were] almost [art]	7
24	[noun pl] [was/were] almost [art]	7
25	which [was/were] almost [art]	7
26	they [was/were] almost [art]	7
27	this [was/were] almost [art]	7
28	they [was/were] almost [art]	7
29	[was/were] [adv] almost [art]	8
30	[was/were] [adv] almost [art]	8