SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj]	129
2	it was [adv] [prep] the [adj]	128
3	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj]	68
4	it [was/were] only [prep] the [adj]	65
5	it [was/were] [adv] in the [adj]	43
6	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [num ord]	32
7	it [was/were] [adv] after the [adj]	18
8	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [num]	15
9	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the last	11
10	it [was/were] [adv] at the [adj]	11
11	it [was/were] [adv] on the [adj]	11
12	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the last	11
13	it [was/were] [adv] with the [adj]	10
14	it [was/were] just [prep] the [adj]	10
15	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj -est]	9
16	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the second	9
17	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the second	9
18	it [was/were] all [prep] the [adj]	8
19	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the late	7
20	it [was/were] [adv] like the [adj]	7
21	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the late	7
22	it [was/were] [adv] for the [adj]	7
23	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the good	7
24	it [was/were] probably [prep] the [adj]	6
25	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the best	6
26	it [was/were] [adv] during the [adj]	5
27	it [was/were] also [prep] the [adj]	5
28	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [det]	5
29	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the great	5