SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	was [verb] the [adj] [noun sg]	1195
2	was [verb] the [adj] [noun sg]	947
3	was [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg]	472
4	was [vb pp] the [adj] [noun sg]	388
5	was [to-vb] the [adj] [noun sg]	333
6	was [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg]	125
7	was [verb] the [adj] day	88
8	was [verb] the [det] [noun sg]	66
9	was [verb] the same [noun sg]	62
10	was [verb] the same [noun sg]	62
11	was give the [adj] [noun sg]	60
12	was [verb] the other [noun sg]	57
13	was [verb] the other [noun sg]	57
14	was [verb] the first [noun sg]	56
15	was [verb] the first [noun sg]	56
16	was [verb] the following [noun sg]	56
17	was [verb] the following [noun sg]	56
18	was given the [adj] [noun sg]	54
19	was call the [adj] [noun sg]	40
20	was [verb] the [adj -est] [noun sg]	39
21	was [verb] the [adj] thing	38
22	was [verb] the next [noun sg]	36
23	was [verb] the next [noun sg]	36
24	was called the [adj] [noun sg]	35
25	was do the [adj] [noun sg]	35
26	was [verb] the [adj] way	32
27	was become the [adj] [noun sg]	30
28	was [verb] the right [noun sg]	28
29	was award the [adj] [noun sg]	28
30	was to become the [adj] [noun sg]	28