SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg]	1457
2	was [prep] the [adj] [noun]	1282
3	[was/were] in the [adj] [noun]	614
4	were [prep] the [adj] [noun]	481
5	[was/were] on the [adj] [noun]	368
6	[was/were] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl]	250
7	[was/were] at the [adj] [noun]	148
8	[was/were] [prep] the other [noun]	128
9	[was/were] [prep] the [adj] side	114
10	[was/were] [prep] the [adj] side	114
11	[was/were] [prep] the [adj] end	79
12	[was/were] [prep] the [adj] end	78
13	[was/were] of the [adj] [noun]	75
14	[was/were] for the [adj] [noun]	66
15	[was/were] [prep] the right [noun]	65
16	[was/were] from the [adj] [noun]	61
17	[was/were] [prep] the front [noun]	48
18	[was/were] among the [adj] [noun]	46
19	[was/were] with the [adj] [noun]	44
20	[was/were] [prep] the [adj] [noun prp]	43
21	[was/were] [prep] the wrong [noun]	43
22	[was/were] [prep] the top [noun]	40
23	[was/were] about the [adj] [noun]	34
24	[was/were] [prep] the [adj] place	32
25	[was/were] like the [adj] [noun]	32
26	[was/were] [prep] the [adj] place	30
27	[was/were] [prep] the main [noun]	30
28	[was/were] to the [adj] [noun]	30
29	[was/were] [prep] the public [noun]	29
30	[was/were] [prep] the far [noun]	28