SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[be] [verb] [prep] the way	386
2	be [verb] [prep] the way	386
3	[be] [verb] [prep] the way	368
4	[be] [vb pp] [prep] the way	313
5	[be] [verb] in the way	131
6	be [verb] [prep] the way	114
7	[be] [verb] [prep] the way	114
8	[is] [verb] [prep] the way	92
9	is [verb] [prep] the way	81
10	[was/were] [verb] [prep] the way	76
11	[be] [verb] by the way	72
12	[be] [v-ing] [prep] the way	56
13	was [verb] [prep] the way	54
14	[am/are] [verb] [prep] the way	48
15	[been] [verb] [prep] the way	41
16	been [verb] [prep] the way	41
17	[be] [verb] on the way	37
18	are [verb] [prep] the way	36
19	[be] [verb] to the way	33
20	[be] [verb] about the way	23
21	were [verb] [prep] the way	22
22	[be] [verb] for the way	19
23	[be] do [prep] the way	18
24	[be] [verb] [prep] the ways	18
25	[be] [to-vb] [prep] the way	16
26	being [verb] [prep] the way	15
27	[being] [verb] [prep] the way	15
28	[be] see [prep] the way	13
29	[be] seen [prep] the way	13
30	[be] make [prep] the way	12