SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [pers pn] an old [noun]	12
2	[vb past] [pers pn] an old [noun]	7
3	[prep] [pers pn] an old [noun]	6
4	[prep] [pers pn] an old [noun]	6
5	[pers pn] [be] an old [noun]	289
6	[pers pn] be an old [noun]	288
7	[pers pn] [verb] an old [noun]	157
8	[pers pn] [is] an old [noun]	124
9	[pers pn] [was/were] an old [noun]	117
10	[pers pn] was an old [noun]	112
11	[pers pn] [vb past] an old [noun]	101
12	[pers pn] 's an old [noun]	93
13	[pers pn] [am/are] an old [noun]	46
14	[pers pn] [vb base] an old [noun]	35
15	[pers pn] have an old [noun]	34
16	[pers pn] [prep] an old [noun]	33
17	[pers pn] [prep] an old [noun]	33
18	[pers pn] is an old [noun]	31
19	[pers pn] 'm an old [noun]	25
20	[pers pn] had an old [noun]	21
21	[pers pn] see an old [noun]	13
22	[pers pn] saw an old [noun]	11
23	[pers pn] have an old [noun]	10
24	[pers pn] [vb -s] an old [noun]	9
25	[pers pn] meet an old [noun]	9
26	[pers pn] am an old [noun]	9
27	[pers pn] met an old [noun]	8
28	[pers pn] buy an old [noun]	8
29	[pers pn] find an old [noun]	8
30	[pers pn] 're an old [noun]	7