SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	the [adj] [noun] but it be	80
2	the [adj] [noun] but it [be]	80
3	the [adj] [noun] but it [is]	47
4	the [adj] [noun] but it was	33
5	the [adj] [noun] but it [was/were]	33
6	the [adj] [noun] but it [verb]	30
7	the [adj] [noun] but it is	28
8	the [adj] [noun] but it 's	19
9	the [adj] [noun] but it [vb -s]	19
10	the [adj] [noun] but it [vb mod]	17
11	the [adj] [noun] but it [modal v]	17
12	the [adj] [noun] but it [vb past]	11
13	the [adj] [noun] but it [adv]	9
14	the [adj] [noun] but it [adv]	9
15	the [adj] [noun] but it does	6
16	the [adj] [noun] but it have	6
17	the [adj] [noun] but it do	6
18	the [adj] [noun] but it may	5
19	the [adj] [noun] but it may	5
20	[prep] the [adj] [noun] but it	84
21	[prep] the [adj] [noun] but it	84
22	[verb] the [adj] [noun] but it	26
23	in the [adj] [noun] but it	22
24	in the [adj] [noun] but it	22
25	of the [adj] [noun] but it	20
26	of the [adj] [noun] but it	20
27	be the [adj] [noun] but it	10
28	[be] the [adj] [noun] but it	10
29	to the [adj] [noun] but it	7
30	with the [adj] [noun] but it	7