SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] [verb] [pers pn] was the	117
2	[noun] [vb past] [pron] was the	91
3	[noun] [verb] it was the	72
4	[noun] [verb] it was the	72
5	[noun prp] [verb] [pron] was the	60
6	[noun] say [pron] was the	60
7	[noun sg] [verb] [pron] was the	56
8	[noun] said [pron] was the	43
9	[noun] [verb] he was the	33
10	[noun] [verb] he was the	30
11	[noun] [verb] [Wh det] was the	19
12	[noun pl] [verb] [pron] was the	18
13	[noun] [to-vb] [pron] was the	17
14	[noun] [vb -s] [pron] was the	15
15	[noun] [verb] what was the	11
16	[noun] [verb] what was the	11
17	[noun] says [pron] was the	9
18	[noun] think [pron] was the	8
19	[noun] thought [pron] was the	8
20	[noun] [verb] which was the	7
21	[noun] [verb] she was the	7
22	[noun] [verb] which was the	7
23	[noun] [v-ing] [pron] was the	7
24	[noun] [vb base] [pron] was the	6
25	[n mass] [verb] [pron] was the	6
26	[noun] [verb] she was the	6
27	people [verb] [pron] was the	5
28	people [verb] [pron] was the	5