No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | there was a [noun sg] | 7339 | |
2 | there [was/were] a lot | 536 | |
3 | there were a [noun sg] | 506 | |
4 | there [was/were] a number | 177 | |
5 | there [was/were] a time | 174 | |
6 | there [was/were] a pause | 170 | |
7 | there [was/were] a silence | 135 | |
8 | there [was/were] a man | 126 | |
9 | there [was/were] a need | 104 | |
10 | there [was/were] a knock | 102 | |
11 | there [was/were] a moment | 98 | |
12 | there [was/were] a couple | 77 | |
13 | there [was/were] a bit | 73 | |
14 | there [was/were] a feeling | 60 | |
15 | there [was/were] a problem | 57 | |
16 | there [was/were] a tendency | 50 | |
17 | there [was/were] a danger | 50 | |
18 | there [was/were] a case | 47 | |
19 | there [was/were] a sense | 47 | |
20 | there [was/were] a period | 44 | |
21 | there [was/were] a woman | 44 | |
22 | there [was/were] a chance | 44 | |
23 | there [was/were] a change | 40 | |
24 | there [was/were] a hint | 39 | |
25 | there [was/were] a note | 36 | |
26 | there [was/were] a gap | 36 | |
27 | there [was/were] a smell | 35 | |
28 | there [was/were] a kind | 34 | |
29 | there [was/were] a lack | 34 | |
30 | there [was/were] a sort | 33 |