SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] it be the [noun sg]	517
2	[verb] it [be] the [noun sg]	517
3	[verb] it [is] the [noun sg]	268
4	[verb] it [was/were] the [noun sg]	239
5	[verb] it was the [noun sg]	237
6	[vb base] it [be] the [noun sg]	217
7	[verb] it 's the [noun sg]	196
8	think it [be] the [noun sg]	177
9	[vb past] it [be] the [noun sg]	127
10	think it [be] the [noun sg]	95
11	say it [be] the [noun sg]	93
12	[verb] it is the [noun sg]	72
13	[vb infin] it [be] the [noun sg]	55
14	[vb -s] it [be] the [noun sg]	50
15	thought it [be] the [noun sg]	41
16	[v-ing] it [be] the [noun sg]	33
17	know it [be] the [noun sg]	28
18	said it [be] the [noun sg]	28
19	think it [be] the [noun sg]	27
20	suppose it [be] the [noun sg]	27
21	says it [be] the [noun sg]	24
22	suppose it [be] the [noun sg]	24
23	[vb pp] it [be] the [noun sg]	21
24	[verb] it [be] the sort	20
25	say it [be] the [noun sg]	20
26	believe it [be] the [noun sg]	17
27	[verb] it [be] the end	17
28	[verb] it [be] the way	15
29	[to-vb] it [be] the [noun sg]	14
30	mean it [be] the [noun sg]	13