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No	Pattern	Freq
1	was [vb pp] by the [noun sg]	3755
2	were [vb pp] by the [noun sg]	1231
3	[was/were] [vb pp] by the government	155
4	[was/were] [vb pp] by the fact	126
5	[was/were] [vb pp] by the court	88
6	[was/were] approved by the [noun sg]	83
7	[was/were] made by the [noun sg]	82
8	[was/were] followed by the [noun sg]	71
9	[was/were] [vb pp] by the house	61
10	[was/were] dominated by the [noun sg]	58
11	[was/were] rejected by the [noun sg]	51
12	[was/were] caused by the [noun sg]	51
13	[was/were] accepted by the [noun sg]	50
14	[was/were] [vb pp] by the council	49
15	[was/were] struck by the [noun sg]	47
16	[was/were] [vb pp] by the company	44
17	[was/were] [vb pp] by the king	43
18	[was/were] supported by the [noun sg]	40
19	[was/were] provided by the [noun sg]	39
20	[was/were] described by the [noun sg]	38
21	[was/were] told by the [noun sg]	34
22	[was/were] determined by the [noun sg]	34
23	[was/were] interrupted by the [noun sg]	34
24	[was/were] adopted by the [noun sg]	34
25	[was/were] held by the [noun sg]	33
26	[was/were] replaced by the [noun sg]	33
27	[was/were] appointed by the [noun sg]	33
28	[was/were] [vb pp] by the addition	32
29	[was/were] [vb pp] by the queen	32
30	[was/were] asked by the [noun sg]	31