SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [adv] [verb] at the [noun sg]	287
2	[was/were] [adv] [verb] at the [noun sg]	223
3	[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] at the [noun sg]	214
4	was [adv] [verb] at the [noun sg]	214
5	[was/were] [adv] [verb] at the time	74
6	were [adv] [verb] at the [noun sg]	73
7	[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] at the [noun sg]	71
8	[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] at the [noun sg]	63
9	[was/were] not [verb] at the [noun sg]	63
10	[was/were] not [verb] at the [noun sg]	47
11	[was/were] still [verb] at the [noun sg]	32
12	[was/were] still [verb] at the [noun sg]	32
13	[was/were] [adv] [verb] at the end	26
14	[was/were] also [verb] at the [noun sg]	17
15	[was/were] also [verb] at the [noun sg]	17
16	[was/were] [adv] looking at the [noun sg]	16
17	[was/were] [adv] look at the [noun sg]	16
18	[was/were] n't [verb] at the [noun sg]	16
19	[was/were] widely [verb] at the [noun sg]	8
20	[was/were] well [verb] at the [noun sg]	8
21	[was/were] widely [verb] at the [noun sg]	8
22	[was/were] actually [verb] at the [noun sg]	7
23	[was/were] [adv] know at the [noun sg]	7
24	[was/were] actually [verb] at the [noun sg]	7
25	[was/were] [adv] known at the [noun sg]	7
26	[was/were] [adv] [verb] at the start	7
27	[was/were] already [verb] at the [noun sg]	7
28	[was/were] well [verb] at the [noun sg]	7
29	[was/were] already [verb] at the [noun sg]	7
30	[was/were] often [verb] at the [noun sg]	6