SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	say [pers pn] [be] the [adj]	210
2	say [pers pn] be the [adj]	209
3	say it [be] the [adj]	152
4	say [pers pn] [is] the [adj]	101
5	say [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj]	91
6	said [pers pn] [be] the [adj]	88
7	say [pers pn] was the [adj]	83
8	say [pers pn] [be] the [adj -est]	77
9	say [pers pn] 's the [adj]	71
10	say [pers pn] [be] the [adj]	70
11	says [pers pn] [be] the [adj]	46
12	say [pers pn] [be] the [num ord]	46
13	say [pers pn] [be] the good	43
14	say [pers pn] [be] the best	39
15	say [pers pn] [be] the [adj]	39
16	say [pers pn] [be] the first	29
17	say [pers pn] is the [adj]	29
18	say [pers pn] [be] the first	29
19	say [pers pn] [be] the only	20
20	say [pers pn] [be] the only	20
21	say he [be] the [adj]	19
22	say [pers pn] [am/are] the [adj]	18
23	say [pers pn] [be] the [adj]	14
24	say [pers pn] [be] the bad	12
25	say [pers pn] [be] the [det]	12
26	say [pers pn] [be] the last	11
27	say [pers pn] 're the [adj]	11
28	saying [pers pn] [be] the [adj]	11
29	say [pers pn] [be] the last	11
30	say you [be] the [adj]	11