SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] [prep] the same	479
2	[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [det]	477
3	was [verb] [prep] the [det]	315
4	were [verb] [prep] the [det]	260
5	[was/were] [verb] in the [det]	149
6	[was/were] [verb] at the [det]	98
7	[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the [det]	89
8	[was/were] [verb] by the [det]	66
9	[was/were] [verb] on the [det]	64
10	[was/were] [verb] with the [det]	45
11	[was/were] [verb] [prep] the former	43
12	[was/were] [verb] to the [det]	34
13	[was/were] [verb] for the [det]	30
14	[was/were] [verb] [prep] the latter	25
15	[was/were] [verb] from the [det]	22
16	[was/were] make [prep] the [det]	16
17	[was/were] made [prep] the [det]	15
18	[was/were] born [prep] the [det]	15
19	[was/were] bear [prep] the [det]	15
20	[was/were] held [prep] the [det]	10
21	[was/were] [verb] into the [det]	10
22	[was/were] [verb] [prep] the many	10
23	[was/were] hold [prep] the [det]	10
24	[was/were] [to-vb] [prep] the [det]	9
25	[was/were] take [prep] the [det]	9
26	[was/were] established [prep] the [det]	9
27	[was/were] taken [prep] the [det]	9
28	[was/were] establish [prep] the [det]	9
29	[was/were] [verb] under the [det]	8
30	[was/were] publish [prep] the [det]	8