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No	Pattern	Freq
1	it [was/were] [verb] by the	484
2	it [was/were] [vb pp] by the	482
3	it was [verb] by the	480
4	it [was/were] held by the	19
5	it [was/were] hold by the	19
6	it [was/were] follow by the	10
7	it [was/were] followed by the	10
8	it [was/were] built by the	9
9	it [was/were] bought by the	9
10	it [was/were] build by the	9
11	it [was/were] own by the	9
12	it [was/were] buy by the	9
13	it [was/were] owned by the	9
14	it [was/were] adopted by the	8
15	it [was/were] adopt by the	8
16	it [was/were] acquired by the	7
17	it [was/were] acquire by the	7
18	it [was/were] opposed by the	7
19	it [was/were] established by the	7
20	it [was/were] establish by the	7
21	it [was/were] oppose by the	7
22	it [was/were] use by the	6
23	it [was/were] suggested by the	6
24	it [was/were] suggest by the	6
25	it [was/were] made by the	6
26	it [was/were] accepted by the	6
27	it [was/were] accept by the	6
28	it [was/were] make by the	6
29	it [was/were] used by the	6
30	it [was/were] commissioned by the	5