SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	it be the [num ord] [noun]	1408
2	it [be] the [num ord] [noun sg]	1372
3	it [be] the first [noun]	892
4	it [was/were] the [num ord] [noun]	797
5	it was the [num ord] [noun]	793
6	it [be] the [num ord] time	654
7	it [be] the [num ord] time	654
8	it [is] the [num ord] [noun]	607
9	it 's the [num ord] [noun]	353
10	it is the [num ord] [noun]	254
11	it [be] the last [noun]	216
12	it [be] the second [noun]	132
13	it [be] the [num ord] thing	82
14	it [be] the [num ord] thing	82
15	it [be] the third [noun]	66
16	it [be] the [num ord] day	55
17	it [be] the [num ord] day	54
18	it [be] the [num ord] [noun prp]	30
19	it [be] the next [noun]	28
20	it [be] the fourth [noun]	23
21	it [be] the [num ord] place	16
22	it [be] the [num ord] place	16
23	it [be] the [num ord] step	14
24	it [be] the [num ord] step	14
25	it [be] the [num ord] year	10
26	it [be] the [num ord] week	10
27	it [be] the [num ord] year	10
28	it [be] the [num ord] week	10
29	it [be] the [num ord] world	10
30	it [be] the [num ord] world	10