No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [verb] was [prep] | 636 | |
2 | [vb past] was [prep] | 325 | |
3 | [verb] was in | 165 | |
4 | [verb] was in | 165 | |
5 | [vb pp] was [prep] | 149 | |
6 | [verb] was to | 90 | |
7 | [verb] was to | 90 | |
8 | [verb] was for | 79 | |
9 | [verb] was for | 79 | |
10 | [verb] was of | 61 | |
11 | [verb] was of | 61 | |
12 | do was [prep] | 54 | |
13 | [verb] was at | 49 | |
14 | [to-vb] was [prep] | 49 | |
15 | [verb] was at | 49 | |
16 | [v-ing] was [prep] | 48 | |
17 | want was [prep] | 43 | |
18 | [verb] was on | 41 | |
19 | [verb] was on | 41 | |
20 | wanted was [prep] | 40 | |
21 | [vb base] was [prep] | 28 | |
22 | have was [prep] | 26 | |
23 | [vb infin] was [prep] | 25 | |
24 | say was [prep] | 24 | |
25 | had was [prep] | 24 | |
26 | did was [prep] | 23 | |
27 | need was [prep] | 22 | |
28 | [verb] was from | 22 | |
29 | [verb] was from | 22 | |
30 | [verb] was by | 19 |