SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	was [verb] [prep] [verb] the [noun pl]	73
2	was [verb] [prep] [v-ing] the [noun pl]	70
3	was [verb] [prep] [adj] the [noun pl]	40
4	was [verb] [prep] [det] the [noun pl]	38
5	was [verb] [prep] all the [noun pl]	33
6	was [verb] [prep] all the [noun pl]	33
7	was [verb] [prep] [prep] the [noun pl]	12
8	was [verb] [prep] [prep] the [noun pl]	12
9	was [verb] [prep] [noun] the [noun pl]	10
10	was [verb] [prep] by the [noun pl]	6
11	was [verb] [prep] [noun sg] the [noun pl]	6
12	was [verb] [prep] by the [noun pl]	6
13	[noun] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	1399
14	[noun sg] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	1093
15	[pron] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	702
16	[pers pn] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	537
17	[noun prp] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	215
18	he was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	202
19	he was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	202
20	it was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	165
21	it was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	165
22	[conj] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	105
23	[Wh det] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	102
24	i was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	96
25	i was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	96
26	[adj] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	83
27	[noun pl] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	80
28	which was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	80
29	which was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	80
30	[coord] was [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	72