| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | who [was/were] [verb] [prep] the | 813 |
|
| 2 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the | 520 |
|
| 3 | [Wh pn] was [verb] [prep] the | 497 |
|
| 4 | [Wh pn] were [verb] [prep] the | 335 |
|
| 5 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the | 293 |
|
| 6 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] in the | 189 |
|
| 7 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] by the | 127 |
|
| 8 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] to the | 84 |
|
| 9 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] on the | 70 |
|
| 10 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] at the | 69 |
|
| 11 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] with the | 55 |
|
| 12 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] from the | 41 |
|
| 13 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] for the | 37 |
|
| 14 | [Wh pn] [was/were] sitting [prep] the | 29 |
|
| 15 | [Wh pn] [was/were] sit [prep] the | 29 |
|
| 16 | [Wh pn] [was/were] standing [prep] the | 25 |
|
| 17 | [Wh pn] [was/were] stand [prep] the | 25 |
|
| 18 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] into the | 24 |
|
| 19 | [Wh pn] [was/were] bear [prep] the | 20 |
|
| 20 | [Wh pn] [was/were] born [prep] the | 20 |
|
| 21 | [Wh pn] [was/were] work [prep] the | 19 |
|
| 22 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [to-vb] [prep] the | 19 |
|
| 23 | [Wh pn] [was/were] working [prep] the | 18 |
|
| 24 | whom [was/were] [verb] [prep] the | 18 |
|
| 25 | [Wh pn] [was/were] appoint [prep] the | 16 |
|
| 26 | [Wh pn] [was/were] appointed [prep] the | 16 |
|
| 27 | [Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] as the | 15 |
|
| 28 | [Wh pn] [was/were] live [prep] the | 15 |
|
| 29 | [Wh pn] [was/were] killed [prep] the | 14 |
|
| 30 | [Wh pn] [was/were] kill [prep] the | 14 |
|
