SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun sg] was [adv] a	1267
2	[noun sg] was [adv] the	816
3	[noun sg] was [adv] an	214
4	[noun sg] was also [art]	202
5	[noun sg] was only [art]	158
6	[noun sg] was just [art]	135
7	[noun sg] was still [art]	120
8	[noun sg] was probably [art]	98
9	[noun sg] was always [art]	93
10	[noun sg] was now [art]	89
11	[noun sg] was merely [art]	64
12	[noun sg] was simply [art]	58
13	[noun sg] was clearly [art]	51
14	[noun sg] was once [art]	50
15	[noun sg] was almost [art]	40
16	[noun sg] was really [art]	38
17	[noun sg] was never [art]	37
18	[noun sg] was perhaps [art]	37
19	[noun sg] was essentially [art]	37
20	[noun sg] was often [art]	36
21	[noun sg] was undoubtedly [art]	36
22	[noun sg] was quite [art]	35
23	[noun sg] was certainly [art]	35
24	[noun sg] was all [art]	34
25	[noun sg] was already [art]	33
26	[noun sg] was usually [art]	32
27	[noun sg] was originally [art]	32
28	[noun sg] was indeed [art]	32
29	[noun sg] was hardly [art]	28
30	[noun sg] was both [art]	27