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No	Pattern	Freq
1	was [verb] the [adj]	1328
2	[was/were] [v-ing] the [adj]	812
3	[was/were] [to-vb] the [adj]	534
4	were [verb] the [adj]	488
5	[was/were] [vb pp] the [adj]	463
6	[was/were] give the [adj]	89
7	[was/were] [verb] the other	85
8	[was/were] given the [adj]	81
9	[was/were] [verb] the following	77
10	[was/were] call the [adj]	51
11	[was/were] [verb] the new	50
12	[was/were] called the [adj]	45
13	[was/were] become the [adj]	44
14	[was/were] [verb] the right	44
15	[was/were] do the [adj]	42
16	[was/were] awarded the [adj]	39
17	[was/were] award the [adj]	39
18	[was/were] to become the [adj]	38
19	[was/were] doing the [adj]	36
20	[was/were] make the [adj]	35
21	[was/were] [verb] the whole	31
22	[was/were] use the [adj]	31
23	[was/were] [verb] the old	29
24	[was/were] [verb] the wrong	28
25	[was/were] [verb] the main	25
26	[was/were] show the [adj]	22
27	[was/were] say the [adj]	21
28	[was/were] using the [adj]	21
29	[was/were] shown the [adj]	20
30	[was/were] [verb] the royal	20