| Examples | Sentences | Crashes | Derivations |
| 1 | A train arrived. | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | There arrived a train. (Sobin 2014:398) | 15 | 1 |
| 3 | Several prizes are likely to be awarded. (Chomsky 2001:7) | 160 | 96 |
| 4 | There are likely to be awarded several prizes./There are likely to be several prizes awarded./There are likely several prizes to be awarded. (Chomsky 2001:7) | 499 | 13 |
| 5 | We expect several prizes to be awarded. (Chomsky 2001:7) | 37 | 8 |
| 6 | We expect there to be awarded several prizes./We expect there to be several prizes awarded. (Chomsky 2001:7) | 64 | 5 |
| 7 | There is likely to arrive a man./There is likely a man to arrive. (Chomsky 2001:16) | 251 | 5 |
| 8 | We expect there to arrive a man. (Chomsky 2001:16) | 32 | 1 |
| 9 | Several fish seem to have been caught. | 160 | 96 |
| 10 | There seem to have been caught several fish./There seem to have been several fish caught./There seem several fish to have been caught. (Chomsky 2001:17) | 491 | 21 |
| 11 | We expect there to have been caught several fish./We expect there to have been several fish caught. (Chomsky 2001: 17) | 128 | 5 |
| 12 | Many fish are expected to be caught. (Chomsky 2001: 25) | 64 | 64 |
| 13 | There are expected to be caught many fish./There are expected to be many fish caught./There are expected many fish to be caught./There are many fish expected to be caught. (Chomsky 2001:25) | 486 | 26 |
| 14 | Several fish were believed to have been caught. | 320 | 192 |
| 15 | There were believed to have been caught several fish./There were believed to have been several fish caught./There were believed several fish to have been caught./There were several fish believed to have been caught. (Chomsky 2001:19) | 982 | 42 |