SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	was [verb] the [noun sg]	4115
2	was [v-ing] the [noun]	2626
3	was [to-vb] the [noun]	1538
4	was [vb pp] the [noun]	1083
5	was [verb] the [noun pl]	801
6	was [verb] the [noun prp]	305
7	was give the [noun]	268
8	was given the [noun]	233
9	was award the [noun]	154
10	was awarded the [noun]	154
11	was tell the [noun]	131
12	was call the [noun]	95
13	was take the [noun]	93
14	was called the [noun]	91
15	was make the [noun]	85
16	was do the [noun]	78
17	was leave the [noun]	74
18	was [verb] the truth	68
19	was [verb] the truth	68
20	was doing the [noun]	68
21	was watch the [noun]	67
22	was watching the [noun]	66
23	was get the [noun]	66
24	was [verb] the [n mass]	63
25	was hold the [noun]	60
26	was telling the [noun]	60
27	was told the [noun]	58
28	was leaving the [noun]	57
29	was offer the [noun]	56
30	was taking the [noun]	54