| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 1270 |
|
| 2 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] | 1155 |
|
| 3 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] | 1155 |
|
| 4 | was [vb pp] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 853 |
|
| 5 | [was/were] [vb pp] in [art] [num ord] | 446 |
|
| 6 | were [vb pp] [prep] [art] [num ord] | 417 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] first | 416 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [vb pp] for [art] [num ord] | 200 |
|
| 9 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] second | 183 |
|
| 10 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] last | 152 |
|
| 11 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a [num ord] | 114 |
|
| 12 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a [num ord] | 114 |
|
| 13 | [was/were] [vb pp] by [art] [num ord] | 103 |
|
| 14 | [was/were] [vb pp] on [art] [num ord] | 89 |
|
| 15 | [was/were] [vb pp] at [art] [num ord] | 73 |
|
| 16 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] next | 70 |
|
| 17 | [was/were] [vb pp] during [art] [num ord] | 68 |
|
| 18 | [was/were] [vb pp] as [art] [num ord] | 64 |
|
| 19 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] third | 60 |
|
| 20 | [was/were] [vb pp] to [art] [num ord] | 55 |
|
| 21 | [was/were] built [prep] [art] [num ord] | 50 |
|
| 22 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] nineteenth | 39 |
|
| 23 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] fourth | 29 |
|
| 24 | [was/were] made [prep] [art] [num ord] | 28 |
|
| 25 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] seventeenth | 28 |
|
| 26 | [was/were] [vb pp] after [art] [num ord] | 27 |
|
| 27 | [was/were] [vb pp] from [art] [num ord] | 25 |
|
| 28 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [art] eighteenth | 23 |
|
| 29 | [was/were] introduced [prep] [art] [num ord] | 21 |
|
| 30 | [was/were] seen [prep] [art] [num ord] | 20 |
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