| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] | 1297 |
|
| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 1270 |
|
| 3 | was [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 961 |
|
| 4 | [was/were] [verb] in [art] [num ord] | 485 |
|
| 5 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] first | 469 |
|
| 6 | were [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 464 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [verb] for [art] [num ord] | 249 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] second | 200 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] last | 169 |
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| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a [num ord] | 126 |
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| 11 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 122 |
|
| 12 | [was/were] [verb] by [art] [num ord] | 106 |
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| 13 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] next | 101 |
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| 14 | [was/were] [verb] on [art] [num ord] | 98 |
|
| 15 | [was/were] [verb] at [art] [num ord] | 79 |
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| 16 | [was/were] [verb] during [art] [num ord] | 72 |
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| 17 | [was/were] [verb] as [art] [num ord] | 66 |
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| 18 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] third | 63 |
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| 19 | [was/were] [verb] to [art] [num ord] | 59 |
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| 20 | [was/were] build [prep] [art] [num ord] | 50 |
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| 21 | [was/were] built [prep] [art] [num ord] | 50 |
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| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] nineteenth | 41 |
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| 23 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] fourth | 35 |
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| 24 | [was/were] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 33 |
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| 25 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] seventeenth | 31 |
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| 26 | [was/were] [verb] after [art] [num ord] | 30 |
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| 27 | [was/were] make [prep] [art] [num ord] | 29 |
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| 28 | [was/were] made [prep] [art] [num ord] | 28 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] from [art] [num ord] | 26 |
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| 30 | [was/were] [verb] over [art] [num ord] | 25 |
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