SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] [was/were] the [noun sg]	7025
2	[noun] was the [noun]	6776
3	[noun sg] [was/were] the [noun]	5349
4	[noun] were the [noun]	1451
5	[noun prp] [was/were] the [noun]	1409
6	[noun pl] [was/were] the [noun]	1388
7	[noun] [was/were] the [noun pl]	666
8	[noun] [was/were] the [noun prp]	451
9	[noun] [was/were] the result	204
10	[noun] [was/were] the result	201
11	[noun] [was/were] the subject	103
12	[noun] [was/were] the subject	100
13	[noun] [was/were] the fact	93
14	[noun] [was/were] the fact	93
15	[noun] [was/were] the [n mass]	80
16	[noun] [was/were] the key	70
17	[noun] [was/were] the key	68
18	[noun] [was/were] the man	67
19	[noun] [was/were] the centre	64
20	[noun] [was/were] the centre	61
21	[noun] [was/were] the work	60
22	[noun] [was/were] the work	60
23	[n mass] [was/were] the [noun]	60
24	problem [was/were] the [noun]	59
25	[noun] [was/were] the man	57
26	[noun] [was/were] the way	57
27	[noun] [was/were] the way	57
28	time [was/were] the [noun]	56
29	[noun] [was/were] the product	53
30	[noun] [was/were] the product	50