SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[vb past] [to-vb] the [noun sg]	7931
2	had [to-vb] the [noun sg]	890
3	tried [to-vb] the [noun sg]	597
4	wanted [to-vb] the [noun sg]	499
5	began [to-vb] the [noun sg]	457
6	decided [to-vb] the [noun sg]	415
7	failed [to-vb] the [noun sg]	352
8	seemed [to-vb] the [noun sg]	288
9	refused [to-vb] the [noun sg]	274
10	managed [to-vb] the [noun sg]	234
11	[vb past] to see the [noun sg]	199
12	continued [to-vb] the [noun sg]	194
13	came [to-vb] the [noun sg]	184
14	[vb past] to take the [noun sg]	174
15	helped [to-vb] the [noun sg]	166
16	sought [to-vb] the [noun sg]	164
17	agreed [to-vb] the [noun sg]	159
18	attempted [to-vb] the [noun sg]	154
19	intended [to-vb] the [noun sg]	151
20	went [to-vb] the [noun sg]	150
21	[vb past] to make the [noun sg]	146
22	[vb past] to get the [noun sg]	139
23	needed [to-vb] the [noun sg]	124
24	started [to-vb] the [noun sg]	114
25	[vb past] to leave the [noun sg]	114
26	[vb past] to keep the [noun sg]	112
27	tended [to-vb] the [noun sg]	108
28	[vb past] to have the [noun sg]	101
29	wished [to-vb] the [noun sg]	93
30	threatened [to-vb] the [noun sg]	91