Table 41.4 Coulthard’s (2004) findings for the string ‘I picked something up like an ornment’
| String | Instances |
| I picked | 1,060,000 |
| I picked something | 780 |
| I picked something up | 362 |
| I picked something up like | 1 |
| I picked something up like an | 0 |
| an ornament | 73,700 |
| like an ornament | 896 |
| something like an ornament | 2 |