SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	there [was/were] [indef pn] [prep] the [noun]	224
2	there was [pron] [prep] the [noun]	216
3	there [was/were] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg]	196
4	there [was/were] [pron] in the [noun]	97
5	there [was/were] something [prep] the [noun]	76
6	there [was/were] something [prep] the [noun]	76
7	there [was/were] nothing [prep] the [noun]	60
8	there [was/were] nothing [prep] the [noun]	60
9	there [was/were] [pron] about the [noun]	47
10	there [was/were] [pron] of the [noun]	29
11	there [was/were] none [prep] the [noun]	25
12	there [was/were] none [prep] the [noun]	25
13	there [was/were] one [prep] the [noun]	20
14	there [was/were] one [prep] the [noun]	20
15	there [was/were] [pron] [prep] the way	18
16	there [was/were] [pron] [prep] the way	18
17	there [was/were] [pron] [prep] the [noun pl]	18
18	there [was/were] [pron] on the [noun]	15
19	there [was/were] someone [prep] the [noun]	13
20	there [was/were] someone [prep] the [noun]	13
21	there [was/were] [pron] at the [noun]	11
22	there [was/were] no-one [prep] the [noun]	9
23	there [was/were] no-one [prep] the [noun]	9
24	there [was/were] nobody [prep] the [noun]	8
25	there [was/were] nobody [prep] the [noun]	8
26	there [was/were] [pron] [prep] the [noun prp]	8
27	there were [pron] [prep] the [noun]	8
28	there [was/were] [pron] [prep] the world	6
29	there [was/were] [pron] [prep] the world	6
30	there [was/were] [pron] but the [noun]	5