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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [verb] by the [noun sg]	5120
2	[was/were] [vb pp] by the [noun sg]	4986
3	was [verb] by the [noun sg]	3855
4	were [verb] by the [noun sg]	1265
5	[was/were] [verb] by the government	155
6	[was/were] [v-ing] by the [noun sg]	127
7	[was/were] [verb] by the fact	126
8	[was/were] [verb] by the court	88
9	[was/were] approved by the [noun sg]	83
10	[was/were] approve by the [noun sg]	83
11	[was/were] made by the [noun sg]	82
12	[was/were] make by the [noun sg]	82
13	[was/were] follow by the [noun sg]	71
14	[was/were] followed by the [noun sg]	71
15	[was/were] [verb] by the house	61
16	[was/were] dominate by the [noun sg]	58
17	[was/were] dominated by the [noun sg]	58
18	[was/were] rejected by the [noun sg]	51
19	[was/were] cause by the [noun sg]	51
20	[was/were] caused by the [noun sg]	51
21	[was/were] reject by the [noun sg]	51
22	[was/were] accepted by the [noun sg]	50
23	[was/were] accept by the [noun sg]	50
24	[was/were] [verb] by the council	49
25	[was/were] stand by the [noun sg]	48
26	[was/were] struck by the [noun sg]	47
27	[was/were] strike by the [noun sg]	47
28	[was/were] standing by the [noun sg]	47
29	[was/were] [verb] by the company	44
30	[was/were] [verb] by the king	43