SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [pers pn] was the [adj -est]	83
2	[vb past] [pron] was the [adj -est]	61
3	[verb] it was the [adj -est]	56
4	[verb] it was the [adj -est]	56
5	[verb] [pron] was the best	35
6	say [pron] was the [adj -est]	32
7	said [pron] was the [adj -est]	23
8	think [pron] was the [adj -est]	20
9	thought [pron] was the [adj -est]	16
10	[verb] he was the [adj -est]	15
11	[verb] he was the [adj -est]	13
12	[vb infin] [pron] was the [adj -est]	10
13	[verb] [Wh det] was the [adj -est]	8
14	[verb] [pron] was the greatest	8
15	[verb] [pron] was the biggest	7
16	[verb] [pron] was the worst	7
17	know [pron] was the [adj -est]	6
18	[vb base] [pron] was the [adj -est]	6
19	[verb] i was the [adj -est]	6
20	[verb] i was the [adj -est]	6
21	[to-vb] [pron] was the [adj -est]	6