| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it was [noun sg] | 2879 |
|
| 2 | it [was/were] time | 685 |
|
| 3 | it [was/were] part | 170 |
|
| 4 | it were [noun sg] | 81 |
|
| 5 | it [was/were] sort | 69 |
|
| 6 | it [was/were] love | 41 |
|
| 7 | it [was/were] christmas | 38 |
|
| 8 | it [was/were] kind | 33 |
|
| 9 | it [was/were] night | 29 |
|
| 10 | it [was/were] murder | 28 |
|
| 11 | it [was/were] winter | 25 |
|
| 12 | it [was/were] summer | 22 |
|
| 13 | it [was/were] money | 19 |
|
| 14 | it [was/were] pitch | 19 |
|
| 15 | it [was/were] midnight | 19 |
|
| 16 | it [was/were] business | 18 |
|
| 17 | it [was/were] touch | 18 |
|
| 18 | it [was/were] daylight | 17 |
|
| 19 | it [was/were] hell | 16 |
|
| 20 | it [was/were] morning | 15 |
|
| 21 | it [was/were] fear | 15 |
|
| 22 | it [was/were] worth | 14 |
|
| 23 | it [was/were] lunchtime | 14 |
|
| 24 | it [was/were] work | 13 |
|
| 25 | it [was/were] mid-afternoon | 13 |
|
| 26 | it [was/were] quarter | 13 |
|
| 27 | it [was/were] dusk | 12 |
|
| 28 | it [was/were] nonsense | 12 |
|
| 29 | it [was/were] dawn | 11 |
|
| 30 | it [was/were] mid-morning | 11 |
|
