SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pers pn] was [verb] the [adj]	539
2	[pron] was [verb] the [adj]	500
3	[pron] was [v-ing] the [adj]	398
4	he was [verb] the [adj]	209
5	he was [verb] the [adj]	208
6	[pron] was [vb pp] the [adj]	176
7	[pron] was [to-vb] the [adj]	119
8	i was [verb] the [adj]	114
9	i was [verb] the [adj]	112
10	it was [verb] the [adj]	112
11	it was [verb] the [adj]	112
12	she was [verb] the [adj]	98
13	she was [verb] the [adj]	98
14	[Wh det] was [verb] the [adj]	79
15	[pron] was [verb] the [num ord]	70
16	[pron] was [verb] the [det]	63
17	[Wh pn] was [verb] the [adj]	53
18	[pron] was [verb] the same	52
19	[pron] was [verb] the same	52
20	who was [verb] the [adj]	51
21	who was [verb] the [adj]	51
22	which was [verb] the [adj]	46
23	which was [verb] the [adj]	46
24	[pron] was do the [adj]	38
25	[pron] was [verb] the [adj -est]	35
26	what was [verb] the [adj]	33
27	what was [verb] the [adj]	33
28	[pron] was doing the [adj]	31
29	[pron] was call the [adj]	29
30	[pron] was [verb] the other	29