SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	had [verb] the [adj]	2666
2	[vb past] [vb pp] the [adj]	2637
3	[vb past] [to-vb] the [adj]	2412
4	[vb past] [v-ing] the [adj]	231
5	began [verb] the [adj]	187
6	'd [verb] the [adj]	177
7	failed [verb] the [adj]	167
8	[vb past] see the [adj]	163
9	tried [verb] the [adj]	159
10	[vb past] [vb infin] the [adj]	138
11	[vb past] [verb] the whole	137
12	[vb past] [verb] the new	125
13	[vb past] [verb] the previous	119
14	wanted [verb] the [adj]	119
15	[vb past] make the [adj]	114
16	did [verb] the [adj]	113
17	[vb past] [verb] the other	113
18	[vb past] [verb] the right	105
19	[vb past] [verb] the old	101
20	decided [verb] the [adj]	100
21	seemed [verb] the [adj]	96
22	[vb past] take the [adj]	96
23	[vb past] seen the [adj]	93
24	[vb past] do the [adj]	87
25	helped [verb] the [adj]	87
26	continued [verb] the [adj]	80
27	sought [verb] the [adj]	74
28	[vb past] get the [adj]	73
29	[vb past] have the [adj]	70
30	[vb past] made the [adj]	70