SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] on [prep] the [noun sg]	173
2	was [verb] on [prep] the [noun]	156
3	[was/were] [vb pp] on [prep] the [noun]	113
4	[was/were] [verb] on to the [noun]	98
5	[was/were] [v-ing] on [prep] the [noun]	90
6	[was/were] going on [prep] the [noun]	61
7	were [verb] on [prep] the [noun]	61
8	[was/were] go on [prep] the [noun]	61
9	[was/were] [verb] on in the [noun]	36
10	[was/were] [verb] on [prep] the [noun pl]	36
11	[was/were] [verb] on by the [noun]	15
12	[was/were] passed on [prep] the [noun]	13
13	[was/were] [to-vb] on [prep] the [noun]	13
14	[was/were] pass on [prep] the [noun]	13
15	[was/were] [verb] on with the [noun]	12
16	[was/were] carry on [prep] the [noun]	12
17	[was/were] [verb] on at the [noun]	10
18	[was/were] carried on [prep] the [noun]	10
19	[was/were] [verb] on [prep] the [noun prp]	8
20	[was/were] get on [prep] the [noun]	8
21	[was/were] hold on [prep] the [noun]	7
22	[was/were] getting on [prep] the [noun]	6
23	[was/were] put on [prep] the [noun]	6
24	[was/were] put on [prep] the [noun]	6
25	[was/were] [verb] on for the [noun]	6
26	[was/were] hang on [prep] the [noun]	5
27	[was/were] lay on [prep] the [noun]	5
28	[was/were] [verb] on [prep] the time	5
29	[was/were] [verb] on about the [noun]	5
30	[was/were] [verb] on [prep] the time	5