SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] [noun sg]	152
2	[vb past] it was the [adj] [noun]	102
3	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] [noun]	84
4	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj -est] [noun]	41
5	said [pers pn] was the [adj] [noun]	40
6	thought [pers pn] was the [adj] [noun]	36
7	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [num ord] [noun]	20
8	[vb past] he was the [adj] [noun]	18
9	[vb past] i was the [adj] [noun]	18
10	[vb past] [pers pn] was the only [noun]	17
11	[vb past] [pers pn] was the only [noun]	17
12	[vb past] [pers pn] was the first [noun]	14
13	[vb past] [pers pn] was the first [noun]	14
14	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] thing	14
15	[vb past] [pers pn] was the best [noun]	14
16	[vb past] [pers pn] was the good [noun]	14
17	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] thing	14
18	knew [pers pn] was the [adj] [noun]	13
19	[vb past] [pers pn] was the right [noun]	12
20	[vb past] [pers pn] was the right [noun]	12
21	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] man	11
22	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] man	11
23	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] person	11
24	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] person	11
25	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] time	10
26	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] time	10
27	[vb past] [pers pn] was the [det] [noun]	9
28	[vb past] [pers pn] was the same [noun]	9
29	[vb past] [pers pn] was the same [noun]	9
30	[vb past] she was the [adj] [noun]	8