| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] | 1155 |
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| 2 | was [verb] [prep] the [num ord] | 873 |
|
| 3 | [was/were] [verb] in the [num ord] | 471 |
|
| 4 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the first | 461 |
|
| 5 | were [verb] [prep] the [num ord] | 424 |
|
| 6 | [was/were] [verb] for the [num ord] | 211 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the last | 164 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the second | 140 |
|
| 9 | [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the [num ord] | 110 |
|
| 10 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the next | 101 |
|
| 11 | [was/were] [verb] on the [num ord] | 94 |
|
| 12 | [was/were] [verb] by the [num ord] | 79 |
|
| 13 | [was/were] [verb] at the [num ord] | 77 |
|
| 14 | [was/were] [verb] during the [num ord] | 72 |
|
| 15 | [was/were] [verb] to the [num ord] | 53 |
|
| 16 | [was/were] build [prep] the [num ord] | 50 |
|
| 17 | [was/were] built [prep] the [num ord] | 50 |
|
| 18 | [was/were] [verb] as the [num ord] | 49 |
|
| 19 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the nineteenth | 41 |
|
| 20 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the third | 34 |
|
| 21 | [was/were] [to-vb] [prep] the [num ord] | 32 |
|
| 22 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the seventeenth | 31 |
|
| 23 | [was/were] [verb] after the [num ord] | 29 |
|
| 24 | [was/were] make [prep] the [num ord] | 29 |
|
| 25 | [was/were] made [prep] the [num ord] | 28 |
|
| 26 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the fourth | 25 |
|
| 27 | [was/were] [verb] from the [num ord] | 25 |
|
| 28 | [was/were] [verb] over the [num ord] | 25 |
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| 29 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] the eighteenth | 23 |
|
| 30 | [was/were] introduce [prep] the [num ord] | 22 |
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