SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [v-ing] in the [adj] [noun sg]	143
2	was [v-ing] in the [adj] [noun sg]	103
3	were [v-ing] in the [adj] [noun sg]	40
4	[was/were] [v-ing] in the [adj] direction	22
5	[was/were] sitting in the [adj] [noun sg]	17
6	[was/were] [v-ing] in the front [noun sg]	11
7	[was/were] [v-ing] in the opposite [noun sg]	11
8	[was/were] standing in the [adj] [noun sg]	10
9	[was/were] [v-ing] in the [adj] room	8
10	[was/were] [v-ing] in the right [noun sg]	8
11	[was/were] living in the [adj] [noun sg]	8
12	[was/were] [v-ing] in the wrong [noun sg]	6
13	[was/were] serving in the [adj] [noun sg]	6
14	[was/were] [v-ing] in the royal [noun sg]	5
15	[was/were] travelling in the [adj] [noun sg]	5
16	[was/were] happening in the [adj] [noun sg]	5
17	[was/were] working in the [adj] [noun sg]	5