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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] by the	605
2	was [verb] [adv prt] by the	427
3	were [verb] [adv prt] by the	188
4	[was/were] [verb] up by the	187
5	[was/were] [verb] out by the	129
6	[was/were] taken [adv prt] by the	109
7	[was/were] take [adv prt] by the	109
8	[was/were] [verb] over by the	77
9	[was/were] [verb] down by the	70
10	[was/were] carried [adv prt] by the	51
11	[was/were] carry [adv prt] by the	51
12	[was/were] set [adv prt] by the	50
13	[was/were] set [adv prt] by the	50
14	[was/were] [verb] off by the	42
15	[was/were] [verb] in by the	37
16	[was/were] bring [adv prt] by the	35
17	[was/were] brought [adv prt] by the	35
18	[was/were] put [adv prt] by the	22
19	[was/were] put [adv prt] by the	22
20	[was/were] turn [adv prt] by the	21
21	[was/were] [verb] about by the	21
22	[was/were] turned [adv prt] by the	21
23	[was/were] [verb] back by the	20
24	[was/were] [verb] on by the	19
25	[was/were] pick [adv prt] by the	17
26	[was/were] picked [adv prt] by the	17
27	[was/were] lay [adv prt] by the	13
28	[was/were] laid [adv prt] by the	12
29	[was/were] called [adv prt] by the	12
30	[was/were] call [adv prt] by the	12