SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	it [was/were] [prep] the [adj]	526
2	it [was/were] [prep] the [adj]	525
3	it was [prep] the [adj]	516
4	it [was/were] [prep] the [adj]	282
5	it [was/were] in the [adj]	215
6	it [was/were] [prep] the [num ord]	97
7	it [was/were] [prep] the [num]	68
8	it [was/were] on the [adj]	64
9	it [was/were] for the [adj]	46
10	it [was/were] [prep] the first	39
11	it [was/were] [prep] the first	39
12	it [was/were] [prep] the [det]	38
13	it [was/were] during the [adj]	37
14	it [was/were] [prep] the [adj -est]	36
15	it [was/were] [prep] the same	29
16	it [was/were] [prep] the same	29
17	it [was/were] at the [adj]	26
18	it [was/were] like the [adj]	24
19	it [was/were] [prep] the good	21
20	it [was/were] [prep] the best	20
21	it [was/were] [prep] the early	16
22	it [was/were] from the [adj]	16
23	it [was/were] [prep] the early	15
24	it [was/were] [prep] the last	14
25	it [was/were] [prep] the last	14
26	it [was/were] [prep] the late	14
27	it [was/were] to the [adj]	13
28	it [was/were] about the [adj]	13
29	it [was/were] [prep] the late	12
30	it [was/were] [prep] the other	12