No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] | 993 | |
2 | [was/were] [vb pp] to [be] [adj] | 966 | |
3 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] | 963 | |
4 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 963 | |
5 | was [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 602 | |
6 | were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] | 391 | |
7 | [was/were] found [prep] [be] [adj] | 141 | |
8 | [was/were] said [prep] [be] [adj] | 104 | |
9 | [was/were] thought [prep] [be] [adj] | 79 | |
10 | [was/were] held [prep] [be] [adj] | 63 | |
11 | [was/were] considered [prep] [be] [adj] | 57 | |
12 | [was/were] known [prep] [be] [adj] | 48 | |
13 | [was/were] reported [prep] [be] [adj] | 44 | |
14 | [was/were] believed [prep] [be] [adj] | 38 | |
15 | [was/were] expected [prep] [be] [adj] | 31 | |
16 | [was/were] meant [prep] [be] [adj] | 29 | |
17 | [was/were] bound [prep] [be] [adj] | 29 | |
18 | [was/were] deemed [prep] [be] [adj] | 25 | |
19 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [being] [adj] | 25 | |
20 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] being [adj] | 25 | |
21 | [was/were] seen [prep] [be] [adj] | 23 | |
22 | [was/were] felt [prep] [be] [adj] | 23 | |
23 | [was/were] judged [prep] [be] [adj] | 20 | |
24 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [be] responsible | 18 | |
25 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [be] present | 17 | |
26 | [was/were] intended [prep] [be] [adj] | 16 | |
27 | [was/were] designed [prep] [be] [adj] | 14 | |
28 | [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [be] necessary | 14 | |
29 | [was/were] shown [prep] [be] [adj] | 13 | |
30 | [was/were] [vb pp] for [be] [adj] | 13 |