SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj]	298
2	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj]	298
3	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj]	298
4	it was [adv] [prep] the [adj]	285
5	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj]	151
6	it [was/were] not [prep] the [adj]	137
7	it [was/were] [not/n't] [prep] the [adj]	137
8	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj]	129
9	it [was/were] not [prep] the [adj]	106
10	it [was/were] [adv] until the [adj]	104
11	it [was/were] [adv] until the [adj]	104
12	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [num ord]	72
13	it [was/were] only [prep] the [adj]	65
14	it [was/were] only [prep] the [adj]	65
15	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [num]	57
16	it [was/were] [adv] in the [adj]	54
17	it [was/were] [adv] in the [adj]	54
18	it [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj]	32
19	it [was/were] n't [prep] the [adj]	31
20	it [was/were] [adv] for the [adj]	27
21	it [was/were] [adv] for the [adj]	27
22	it [was/were] [adv] after the [adj]	18
23	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the late	18
24	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the late	18
25	it [was/were] [adv] after the [adj]	18
26	it [was/were] [adv] to the [adj]	17
27	it [was/were] [adv] on the [adj]	17
28	it [was/were] [adv] on the [adj]	17
29	it [was/were] [adv] to the [adj]	17
30	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the last	14