SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] the [noun sg]	5616
2	was [verb] the [noun]	5287
3	[was/were] [v-ing] the [noun]	3827
4	were [verb] the [noun]	1962
5	[was/were] [to-vb] the [noun]	1880
6	[was/were] [vb pp] the [noun]	1499
7	[was/were] [verb] the [noun pl]	1175
8	[was/were] give the [noun]	409
9	[was/were] given the [noun]	367
10	[was/were] [verb] the [noun prp]	366
11	[was/were] tell the [noun]	174
12	[was/were] award the [noun]	167
13	[was/were] awarded the [noun]	167
14	[was/were] take the [noun]	139
15	[was/were] do the [noun]	118
16	[was/were] make the [noun]	113
17	[was/were] call the [noun]	109
18	[was/were] leave the [noun]	107
19	[was/were] doing the [noun]	105
20	[was/were] called the [noun]	101
21	[was/were] told the [noun]	89
22	[was/were] watch the [noun]	88
23	[was/were] watching the [noun]	87
24	[was/were] taking the [noun]	86
25	[was/were] get the [noun]	86
26	[was/were] leaving the [noun]	86
27	[was/were] [verb] the [n mass]	86
28	[was/were] [verb] the truth	81
29	[was/were] [verb] the truth	81
30	[was/were] offer the [noun]	77