SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun sg] was [prep] the [noun]	2146
2	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the [noun sg]	1939
3	[noun sg] [was/were] in the [noun]	798
4	[noun sg] [was/were] on the [noun]	529
5	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	280
6	[noun sg] [was/were] at the [noun]	234
7	[noun sg] were [prep] the [noun]	206
8	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the [noun prp]	122
9	[noun sg] [was/were] for the [noun]	109
10	[noun sg] [was/were] of the [noun]	82
11	[noun sg] [was/were] to the [noun]	66
12	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the hand	50
13	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the hands	50
14	[noun sg] [was/were] from the [noun]	49
15	[noun sg] [was/were] with the [noun]	44
16	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the air	39
17	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the air	39
18	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the way	34
19	[noun sg] [was/were] under the [noun]	34
20	[noun sg] [was/were] over the [noun]	34
21	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the way	33
22	[noun sg] [was/were] about the [noun]	29
23	[noun sg] [was/were] like the [noun]	28
24	[noun sg] [was/were] among the [noun]	28
25	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the end	27
26	time [was/were] [prep] the [noun]	27
27	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the end	27
28	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the process	26
29	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the centre	26
30	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the process	26