| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] | 1155 |
|
| 2 | was [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] | 771 |
|
| 3 | [was/were] [vb pp] in the [num ord] | 433 |
|
| 4 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the first | 409 |
|
| 5 | were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] | 384 |
|
| 6 | [was/were] [vb pp] for the [num ord] | 169 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the last | 148 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the second | 127 |
|
| 9 | [was/were] [vb pp] on the [num ord] | 85 |
|
| 10 | [was/were] [vb pp] by the [num ord] | 76 |
|
| 11 | [was/were] [vb pp] at the [num ord] | 71 |
|
| 12 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the next | 70 |
|
| 13 | [was/were] [vb pp] during the [num ord] | 68 |
|
| 14 | [was/were] built [prep] the [num ord] | 50 |
|
| 15 | [was/were] [vb pp] to the [num ord] | 50 |
|
| 16 | [was/were] [vb pp] as the [num ord] | 47 |
|
| 17 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the nineteenth | 39 |
|
| 18 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the third | 31 |
|
| 19 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the seventeenth | 28 |
|
| 20 | [was/were] made [prep] the [num ord] | 28 |
|
| 21 | [was/were] [vb pp] after the [num ord] | 26 |
|
| 22 | [was/were] [vb pp] from the [num ord] | 24 |
|
| 23 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the eighteenth | 23 |
|
| 24 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the fourth | 22 |
|
| 25 | [was/were] introduced [prep] the [num ord] | 21 |
|
| 26 | [was/were] [vb pp] over the [num ord] | 19 |
|
| 27 | [was/were] held [prep] the [num ord] | 16 |
|
| 28 | [was/were] born [prep] the [num ord] | 15 |
|
| 29 | [was/were] used [prep] the [num ord] | 15 |
|
| 30 | [was/were] seen [prep] the [num ord] | 14 |
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