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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [vb pp] by the [adj]	2916
2	[was/were] [vb pp] by the [adj]	2610
3	was [vb pp] by the [adj]	2174
4	were [vb pp] by the [adj]	742
5	[was/were] [vb pp] by the [num]	106
6	[was/were] [vb pp] by the national	91
7	[was/were] [vb pp] by the national	91
8	[was/were] [vb pp] by the [num ord]	76
9	[was/were] approved by the [adj]	69
10	[was/were] [vb pp] by the british	65
11	[was/were] [vb pp] by the british	65
12	[was/were] [vb pp] by the [det]	65
13	[was/were] [vb pp] by the local	63
14	[was/were] [vb pp] by the local	63
15	[was/were] made by the [adj]	49
16	[was/were] replaced by the [adj]	46
17	[was/were] [vb pp] by the new	44
18	[was/were] [vb pp] by the new	44
19	[was/were] [vb pp] by the same	43
20	[was/were] [vb pp] by the same	43
21	[was/were] provided by the [adj]	42
22	[was/were] [vb pp] by the labour	38
23	[was/were] [vb pp] by the labour	38
24	[was/were] [vb pp] by the [adj -er]	35
25	[was/were] [vb pp] by the first	35
26	[was/were] [vb pp] by the first	35
27	[was/were] followed by the [adj]	35
28	[was/were] dominated by the [adj]	32
29	[was/were] rejected by the [adj]	31
30	[was/were] [vb pp] by the american	30