SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] the [adj]	2490
2	[was/were] [verb] the [adj]	1816
3	was [verb] the [adj]	1809
4	[was/were] [v-ing] the [adj]	1106
5	[was/were] [vb pp] the [adj]	714
6	were [verb] the [adj]	681
7	[was/were] [to-vb] the [adj]	660
8	[was/were] [verb] the [num ord]	229
9	[was/were] [verb] the [det]	208
10	[was/were] [verb] the same	180
11	[was/were] [verb] the same	180
12	[was/were] give the [adj]	123
13	[was/were] [verb] the [adj -est]	115
14	[was/were] given the [adj]	111
15	[was/were] [verb] the first	101
16	[was/were] [verb] the first	101
17	[was/were] [verb] the [num]	88
18	[was/were] [verb] the other	85
19	[was/were] [verb] the other	85
20	[was/were] do the [adj]	80
21	[was/were] [verb] the following	77
22	[was/were] [verb] the following	77
23	[was/were] doing the [adj]	70
24	[was/were] make the [adj]	65
25	[was/were] [verb] the next	60
26	[was/were] [verb] the next	60
27	[was/were] become the [adj]	57
28	[was/were] call the [adj]	56
29	[was/were] [verb] the good	54
30	[was/were] to become the [adj]	51