SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	was [v-ing] the [adj]	532
2	was [v-ing] the [num ord]	67
3	was [v-ing] the [det]	64
4	was [v-ing] the same	56
5	was [v-ing] the same	56
6	was [v-ing] the other	50
7	was [v-ing] the other	50
8	was doing the [adj]	41
9	was [v-ing] the first	28
10	was [v-ing] the first	28
11	was [v-ing] the [num]	28
12	was [v-ing] the [adj -est]	25
13	was [v-ing] the right	23
14	was [v-ing] the right	23
15	was wearing the [adj]	22
16	was [v-ing] the last	19
17	was making the [adj]	19
18	was [v-ing] the last	19
19	was thinking the [adj]	17
20	was using the [adj]	16
21	was saying the [adj]	16
22	was taking the [adj]	15
23	was [v-ing] the good	14
24	was [v-ing] the [adj -er]	13
25	was [v-ing] the whole	12
26	was getting the [adj]	12
27	was [v-ing] the wrong	12
28	was [v-ing] the wrong	12
29	was [v-ing] the whole	12
30	was watching the [adj]	11