Table 17.1 Lexico-grammatical associations of verbs and tenses

Tense	Verbs occurring over 80 per cent of the time in the tense
present	bet, doubt, know, matter, mean, mind, reckon, suppose, thank
past	exclaim, eye, glance, grin, nod, pause, remark, reply, shrug, sigh, smile, whisper

Source: summarised from Biber et al. 1999: 459.