SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] it [was/were] [prep] the time	17
2	[subord] it [was/were] [prep] the time	14
3	as it [was/were] [prep] the time	9
4	as it [was/were] [prep] the time	9
5	it [was/were] [adj] [prep] the time	34
6	it [was/were] [adj] [prep] the time	32
7	it [was/were] [verb] [prep] the time	17
8	it [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the time	14
9	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the time	11
10	it [was/were] dark [prep] the time	10
11	it [was/were] dark [prep] the time	10
12	it [was/were] [adv] [prep] the time	5
13	it [was/were] [prep] the [adj] time	17
14	it [was/were] [prep] the [num ord] time	8
15	it [was/were] [prep] the same time	6
16	it [was/were] [prep] the same time	6
17	it [was/were] [prep] the first time	6
18	it [was/were] [prep] the first time	6
19	it [was/were] [prep] the [det] time	6
20	it [was/were] [prep] the time of	16
21	it [was/were] [prep] the time [prep]	16
22	it [was/were] [prep] the time [prep]	16
23	it [was/were] [prep] the time of	16