SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] was merely [art]	79
2	[pron] was merely [art]	70
3	[noun sg] was merely [art]	64
4	[pers pn] was merely [art]	63
5	it was merely [art]	49
6	it was merely [art]	49
7	[adj] was merely [art]	20
8	[det] was merely [art]	16
9	this was merely [art]	14
10	this was merely [art]	14
11	[noun prp] was merely [art]	13
12	she was merely [art]	6
13	she was merely [art]	6
14	he was merely [art]	6
15	he was merely [art]	6
16	was [adv] merely [art]	56
17	was not merely [art]	52
18	was [not/n't] merely [art]	52
19	was not merely [art]	52
20	was [pron] merely [art]	7
21	was [pers pn] merely [art]	6
22	was it merely [art]	5
23	was it merely [art]	5
24	was merely [verb] [art]	30
25	was merely [v-ing] [art]	24
26	was merely [art] [noun]	130
27	was merely [art] [noun sg]	126
28	was merely [art] [adj]	55
29	was merely [art] [adj]	52
30	was merely [art] matter	8