SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [conj] there was a	671
2	[noun] [conj] there was a	621
3	[noun sg] [conj] there was a	446
4	[vb past] [conj] there was a	281
5	[adv] [conj] there was a	238
6	[adj] [conj] there was a	184
7	[adv] [conj] there was a	171
8	[conj] [conj] there was a	158
9	[adj] [conj] there was a	137
10	[vb pp] [conj] there was a	127
11	[coord] [conj] there was a	117
12	[noun pl] [conj] there was a	110
13	[to-vb] [conj] there was a	86
14	and [conj] there was a	79
15	and [conj] there was a	79
16	[vb infin] [conj] there was a	64
17	[pron] [conj] there was a	64
18	[adv prt] [conj] there was a	58
19	[pers pn] [conj] there was a	56
20	[noun prp] [conj] there was a	55
21	be [conj] there was a	53
22	[be] [conj] there was a	53
23	[v-ing] [conj] there was a	44
24	see [conj] there was a	43
25	say [conj] there was a	42
26	know [conj] there was a	40
27	[prep] [conj] there was a	38
28	[prep] [conj] there was a	38
29	[vb -s] [conj] there was a	37
30	[vb base] [conj] there was a	32