SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[modal v] almost be	78
2	[vb mod] almost be	78
3	could almost be	25
4	could almost be	25
5	can almost be	20
6	can almost be	20
7	might almost be	16
8	might almost be	16
9	would almost be	6
10	may almost be	5
11	may almost be	5
12	would almost be	5
13	almost [adv] be	187
14	almost [adv] be	186
15	almost certainly be	146
16	almost certainly be	146
17	almost always be	21
18	almost always be	21
19	almost to be	13
20	almost [prep] be	13
21	almost [prep] be	13
22	almost to be	13
23	almost invariably be	7
24	almost inevitably be	7
25	almost inevitably be	7
26	almost invariably be	7
27	almost be [verb]	56
28	almost be [vb pp]	53
29	almost be [adj]	9
30	almost be [art]	8