SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg]	1116
2	was [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun]	898
3	were [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun]	499
4	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] by the [noun]	330
5	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] in the [noun]	243
6	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl]	156
7	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] to the [noun]	127
8	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun prp]	113
9	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] on the [noun]	106
10	[was/were] [vb pp] away [prep] the [noun]	97
11	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] from the [noun]	86
12	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] at the [noun]	72
13	[was/were] [vb pp] only [prep] the [noun]	68
14	[was/were] [vb pp] yesterday [prep] the [noun]	58
15	[was/were] taken [adv] [prep] the [noun]	53
16	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] for the [noun]	50
17	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] over the [noun]	48
18	[was/were] [vb pp] all [prep] the [noun]	41
19	[was/were] [vb pp] together [prep] the [noun]	41
20	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] after the [noun]	39
21	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] with the [noun]	39
22	[was/were] put [adv] [prep] the [noun]	37
23	[was/were] made [adv] [prep] the [noun]	36
24	[was/were] [vb pp] directly [prep] the [noun]	36
25	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] into the [noun]	35
26	[was/were] [vb pp] forward [prep] the [noun]	25
27	[was/were] [vb pp] largely [prep] the [noun]	24
28	[was/were] [vb pp] just [prep] the [noun]	23
29	[was/were] [vb pp] mainly [prep] the [noun]	22
30	[was/were] [vb pp] close [prep] the [noun]	21