And it came to pass that I saw them,

and - 174 occurrences in 64 verses - 1 Nephi 6:1, 3, 4, 5,   7:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,   8:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38,   9:1, 2, 4, 6

and it - 38 occurrences in 35 verses - 1 Nephi 6:3,   7:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,   8:1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 32, 36

and it came to pass - 31 occurrences in 29 verses - 1 Nephi 7:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,   8:1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 32, 36

and it came to pass that - 28 occurrences in 26 verses - 1 Nephi 7:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,   8:1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 32

and it came to pass that I - 9 occurrences in 9 verses - 1 Nephi 7:3, 21,   8:5, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 24

and it came to pass that I saw - 2 occurrences in 2 verses - 1 Nephi 8:5, 18