SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] was [adv] [art]	3490
2	[noun sg] was [adv] [art]	2322
3	[noun] was [adv] a	2251
4	[noun] was [adv] a	1926
5	[noun] was [adv] the	1200
6	[noun] was [adv] the	1200
7	[noun prp] was [adv] [art]	959
8	[noun] was also [art]	338
9	[noun] was [adv] an	325
10	[noun] was only [art]	224
11	[noun] was still [art]	217
12	[noun] was just [art]	194
13	[noun pl] was [adv] [art]	184
14	[noun] was always [art]	152
15	[noun] was probably [art]	151
16	[noun] was now [art]	125
17	[noun] was once [art]	93
18	[noun] was merely [art]	79
19	[noun] was simply [art]	77
20	[noun] was already [art]	69
21	[noun] was clearly [art]	66
22	[noun] was quite [art]	63
23	[noun] was certainly [art]	59
24	[noun] was essentially [art]	58
25	[noun] was really [art]	58
26	[noun] was almost [art]	54
27	[noun] was perhaps [art]	54
28	[noun] was never [art]	53
29	[noun] was indeed [art]	52
30	[noun] was undoubtedly [art]	51