SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [coord] say	988
2	[verb] and say	854
3	[verb] and say	854
4	[verb] [conj] said	542
5	[vb past] [conj] say	420
6	[vb pp] [conj] say	369
7	[verb] [conj] saying	290
8	[verb] [subord] say	243
9	[verb] as say	226
10	[verb] as say	226
11	[verb] [conj] say	203
12	quote [conj] say	152
13	quoted [conj] say	151
14	[vb infin] [conj] say	138
15	[verb] [conj] say	123
16	[vb base] [conj] say	109
17	[verb] or say	102
18	[verb] or say	102
19	do [conj] say	102
20	[to-vb] [conj] say	101
21	[v-ing] [conj] say	86
22	smile [conj] say	77
23	come [conj] say	72
24	smiled [conj] say	65
25	report [conj] say	60
26	reported [conj] say	59
27	laugh [conj] say	58
28	[verb] [conj] says	55
29	go [conj] say	45
30	laughed [conj] say	43