SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] [prep]	2984
2	[was/were] [verb] the [noun sg] [prep]	2414
3	was [verb] the [noun] [prep]	2208
4	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] of	1801
5	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] of	1801
6	[was/were] [v-ing] the [noun] [prep]	1420
7	[was/were] [to-vb] the [noun] [prep]	993
8	were [verb] the [noun] [prep]	776
9	[was/were] [vb pp] the [noun] [prep]	557
10	[was/were] [verb] the [noun pl] [prep]	516
11	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] in	215
12	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] in	215
13	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] for	192
14	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] for	192
15	[was/were] give the [noun] [prep]	178
16	[was/were] given the [noun] [prep]	169
17	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] with	111
18	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] with	111
19	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] to	108
20	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] to	108
21	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] on	100
22	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] on	100
23	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] at	73
24	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] at	73
25	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] from	69
26	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] from	69
27	[was/were] take the [noun] [prep]	56
28	[was/were] awarded the [noun] [prep]	52
29	[was/were] award the [noun] [prep]	52
30	[was/were] [verb] the [noun] by	49