SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	it was [verb] [prep] the [adj]	554
2	it was [vb pp] [prep] the [adj]	507
3	it was [verb] [prep] the [adj]	392
4	it was [verb] in the [adj]	153
5	it was [verb] by the [adj]	147
6	it was [verb] [prep] the [num ord]	79
7	it was [verb] to the [adj]	57
8	it was [verb] [prep] the [num]	38
9	it was [verb] at the [adj]	35
10	it was [v-ing] [prep] the [adj]	34
11	it was built [prep] the [adj]	27
12	it was build [prep] the [adj]	27
13	it was [verb] with the [adj]	22
14	it was [verb] from the [adj]	22
15	it was [verb] [prep] the [det]	22
16	it was [verb] [prep] the first	21
17	it was [verb] [prep] the first	21
18	it was [verb] on the [adj]	20
19	it was [verb] [prep] the same	17
20	it was [verb] as the [adj]	17
21	it was [verb] [prep] the same	17
22	it was [verb] for the [adj]	17
23	it was [verb] [prep] the last	16
24	it was [verb] [prep] the last	16
25	it was left [prep] the [adj]	15
26	it was leave [prep] the [adj]	15
27	it was [verb] [prep] the late	15
28	it was [to-vb] [prep] the [adj]	13
29	it was [verb] [prep] the old	12
30	it was [verb] [prep] the early	12