SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] the [num ord]	229
2	was [verb] the [num ord]	185
3	[was/were] [verb] the first	101
4	[was/were] [vb pp] the [num ord]	98
5	[was/were] [v-ing] the [num ord]	89
6	[was/were] [verb] the next	60
7	were [verb] the [num ord]	44
8	[was/were] [to-vb] the [num ord]	42
9	[was/were] [verb] the last	32
10	[was/were] read the [num ord]	19
11	[was/were] read the [num ord]	15
12	[was/were] [verb] the second	10
13	[was/were] become the [num ord]	8
14	[was/were] to become the [num ord]	8
15	[was/were] elect the [num ord]	7
16	[was/were] elected the [num ord]	7
17	[was/were] find the [num ord]	7
18	[was/were] appointed the [num ord]	6
19	[was/were] give the [num ord]	6
20	[was/were] appoint the [num ord]	6
21	[was/were] found the [num ord]	6
22	[was/were] spend the [num ord]	6
23	[was/were] [verb] the third	6
24	[was/were] make the [num ord]	6
25	[was/were] play the [num ord]	5
26	[was/were] to spend the [num ord]	5
27	[was/were] given the [num ord]	5