SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	be very nearly	64
2	[be] very nearly	64
3	[pron] very nearly	39
4	[pers pn] very nearly	35
5	[was/were] very nearly	35
6	[coord] very nearly	29
7	[conj] very nearly	29
8	was very nearly	28
9	[noun] very nearly	23
10	[is] very nearly	19
11	and very nearly	17
12	and very nearly	17
13	[verb] very nearly	17
14	he very nearly	13
15	is very nearly	13
16	he very nearly	13
17	have very nearly	11
18	[prep] very nearly	11
19	[prep] very nearly	11
20	[vb past] very nearly	11
21	or very nearly	10
22	or very nearly	10
23	[noun prp] very nearly	10
24	[noun sg] very nearly	10
25	[adv] very nearly	9
26	it very nearly	9
27	it very nearly	9
28	[adv] very nearly	9
29	were very nearly	7
30	had very nearly	7