SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] there [was/were] [prep] the	44
2	[noun] there [was/were] [prep] the	40
3	[subord] there [was/were] [prep] the	30
4	[noun sg] there [was/were] [prep] the	23
5	as there [was/were] [prep] the	16
6	as there [was/were] [prep] the	16
7	[noun pl] there [was/were] [prep] the	12
8	than there [was/were] [prep] the	12
9	than there [was/were] [prep] the	12
10	[that] there [was/were] [prep] the	7
11	that there [was/were] [prep] the	7
12	[coord] there [was/were] [prep] the	7
13	that there [was/were] [prep] the	7
14	[verb] there [was/were] [prep] the	5
15	[adv] there [was/were] [prep] the	5
16	[adv] there [was/were] [prep] the	5
17	there [was/were] [noun] [prep] the	830
18	there [was/were] [noun pl] [prep] the	463
19	there [was/were] [noun sg] [prep] the	335
20	there [was/were] [pron] [prep] the	295
21	there [was/were] [indef pn] [prep] the	294
22	there [was/were] [adj] [prep] the	121
23	there [was/were] something [prep] the	90
24	there [was/were] something [prep] the	90
25	there [was/were] nothing [prep] the	83
26	there [was/were] nothing [prep] the	83
27	there [was/were] [det] [prep] the	70
28	there [was/were] none [prep] the	49
29	there [was/were] none [prep] the	49
30	there [was/were] [verb] [prep] the	46