SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the [adj]	75
2	[was/were] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj]	68
3	was [pron] [noun] [prep] the [adj]	67
4	[was/were] [pron] [noun] [prep] the [adj]	62
5	[was/were] his [noun] [prep] the [adj]	32
6	[was/were] his [noun] [prep] the [adj]	32
7	[was/were] [pron] [noun] of the [adj]	18
8	[was/were] [pron] [noun] in the [adj]	13
9	[was/were] its [noun] [prep] the [adj]	12
10	were [pron] [noun] [prep] the [adj]	12
11	[was/were] its [noun] [prep] the [adj]	12
12	[was/were] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj]	11
13	[was/were] [pron] [noun] [prep] the [num ord]	10
14	[was/were] her [noun] [prep] the [adj]	8
15	[was/were] [pron] [noun] to the [adj]	8
16	[was/were] her [noun] [prep] the [adj]	8
17	[was/were] [pron] [noun] with the [adj]	8
18	[was/were] their [noun] [prep] the [adj]	7
19	[was/were] my [noun] [prep] the [adj]	7
20	[was/were] their [noun] [prep] the [adj]	7
21	[was/were] [pron] [noun] for the [adj]	7
22	[was/were] my [noun] [prep] the [adj]	7
23	[was/were] our [noun] [prep] the [adj]	5
24	[was/were] [pron] [noun] [prep] the first	5
25	[was/were] our [noun] [prep] the [adj]	5
26	[was/were] [pron] [noun] on the [adj]	5
27	[was/were] [pron] [noun] at the [adj]	5
28	[was/were] [pron] [noun] [prep] the first	5