| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [det] [noun] | 415 |
|
| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] [noun sg] | 370 |
|
| 3 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] same [noun] | 362 |
|
| 4 | was [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] | 264 |
|
| 5 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] | 207 |
|
| 6 | [was/were] [vb pp] in [art] [det] [noun] | 123 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] | 88 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [vb pp] at [art] [det] [noun] | 75 |
|
| 9 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] time | 67 |
|
| 10 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] time | 67 |
|
| 11 | [was/were] [vb pp] on [art] [det] [noun] | 57 |
|
| 12 | [was/were] [vb pp] by [art] [det] [noun] | 56 |
|
| 13 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a [det] [noun] | 53 |
|
| 14 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] few [noun] | 47 |
|
| 15 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] day | 37 |
|
| 16 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] former [noun] | 32 |
|
| 17 | [was/were] [vb pp] to [art] [det] [noun] | 31 |
|
| 18 | [was/were] [vb pp] for [art] [det] [noun] | 31 |
|
| 19 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] day | 28 |
|
| 20 | [was/were] [vb pp] with [art] [det] [noun] | 28 |
|
| 21 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] way | 22 |
|
| 22 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] way | 22 |
|
| 23 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] year | 21 |
|
| 24 | [was/were] made [prep] [art] [det] [noun] | 18 |
|
| 25 | [was/were] [vb pp] from [art] [det] [noun] | 16 |
|
| 26 | [was/were] born [prep] [art] [det] [noun] | 15 |
|
| 27 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] year | 14 |
|
| 28 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] latter [noun] | 13 |
|
| 29 | [was/were] [vb pp] within [art] [det] [noun] | 12 |
|
| 30 | [was/were] held [prep] [art] [det] [noun] | 10 |
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