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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [vb pp] to the [adj]	1068
2	[was/were] [vb pp] to the [adj]	914
3	was [vb pp] to the [adj]	729
4	were [vb pp] to the [adj]	339
5	[was/were] [vb pp] to the [num ord]	50
6	[was/were] taken to the [adj]	44
7	[was/were] transferred to the [adj]	43
8	[was/were] given to the [adj]	40
9	[was/were] [vb pp] to the royal	38
10	[was/were] [vb pp] to the royal	38
11	[was/were] appointed to the [adj]	37
12	[was/were] sent to the [adj]	37
13	[was/were] [vb pp] to the [num]	35
14	[was/were] added to the [adj]	35
15	[was/were] [vb pp] to the national	34
16	[was/were] [vb pp] to the national	34
17	[was/were] [vb pp] to the new	31
18	[was/were] [vb pp] to the new	30
19	[was/were] [vb pp] to the [det]	29
20	[was/were] made to the [adj]	27
21	[was/were] elected to the [adj]	26
22	[was/were] admitted to the [adj]	26
23	[was/were] presented to the [adj]	26
24	[was/were] confined to the [adj]	25
25	[was/were] [vb pp] to the high	24
26	[was/were] left to the [adj]	23
27	[was/were] [vb pp] to the high	20
28	[was/were] [vb pp] to the [adj -er]	20
29	[was/were] [vb pp] to the [adj -est]	20
30	[was/were] attached to the [adj]	20