SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	99
2	[conj] was [verb] the [adj]	75
3	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	74
4	[coord] [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	65
5	and [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	55
6	and [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	55
7	[conj] [was/were] [vb pp] the [adj]	45
8	[conj] [was/were] [v-ing] the [adj]	40
9	that [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	34
10	that [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	34
11	[that] [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	34
12	[conj] were [verb] the [adj]	24
13	[conj] [was/were] [to-vb] the [adj]	14
14	but [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	10
15	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the [num ord]	10
16	but [was/were] [verb] the [adj]	10
17	[conj] [was/were] give the [adj]	9
18	[conj] [was/were] given the [adj]	9
19	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the following	7
20	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the following	7
21	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the next	6
22	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the next	6
23	[conj] [was/were] make the [adj]	5
24	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the old	5
25	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the old	5
26	[conj] [was/were] [verb] the [adj -est]	5