SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] there was the [adj]	90
2	[adv] there was the [adj]	70
3	[adv] there was the [adj]	68
4	[coord] there was the [adj]	58
5	and there was the [adj]	49
6	and there was the [adj]	49
7	[noun] there was the [adj]	44
8	then there was the [adj]	43
9	then there was the [adj]	43
10	[noun sg] there was the [adj]	29
11	[subord] there was the [adj]	25
12	[adj] there was the [adj]	16
13	if there was the [adj]	12
14	if there was the [adj]	12
15	[noun prp] there was the [adj]	10
16	but there was the [adj]	8
17	but there was the [adj]	8
18	that there was the [adj]	7
19	[that] there was the [adj]	7
20	that there was the [adj]	7
21	[num ord] there was the [adj]	6
22	[noun pl] there was the [adj]	5
23	first there was the [adj]	5
24	first there was the [adj]	5
25	there was [adv] the [adj]	141
26	there was [adv] the [adj]	111
27	there was only the [adj]	31
28	there was only the [adj]	31
29	there was not the [adj]	29
30	there was [not/n't] the [adj]	29