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No	Pattern	Freq
1	by the [noun] [pron] [was/were]	359
2	by the [noun sg] [pron] [was/were]	319
3	by the [noun] [pers pn] [was/were]	293
4	by the [noun] [pron] was	270
5	by the time [pron] [was/were]	225
6	by the time [pron] [was/were]	225
7	by the [noun] [pron] were	89
8	by the [noun] he [was/were]	88
9	by the [noun] he [was/were]	88
10	by the [noun] i [was/were]	58
11	by the [noun] i [was/were]	58
12	by the [noun] she [was/were]	43
13	by the [noun] she [was/were]	43
14	by the [noun] they [was/were]	40
15	by the [noun] it [was/were]	40
16	by the [noun] they [was/were]	40
17	by the [noun] it [was/were]	40
18	by the [noun] who [was/were]	34
19	by the [noun] who [was/were]	34
20	by the [noun] [Wh pn] [was/were]	34
21	by the [noun pl] [pron] [was/were]	31
22	by the [noun] we [was/were]	20
23	by the [noun] we [was/were]	20
24	by the [noun] which [was/were]	19
25	by the [noun] [Wh det] [was/were]	19
26	by the [noun] which [was/were]	19
27	by the [noun] [ex0] [was/were]	12
28	by the [noun] there [was/were]	12
29	by the [noun] there [was/were]	12
30	by the end [pron] [was/were]	8