[Corpora-List] Search Wordsmith by tag passive voice

[Linda Bawcom]

Dear List Members,
   
   I've been trying to search for passive voice in Wordsmith using the BNC.  I have tried:
   
  <w VBD>* <w VVN>  I put * after the first tag to mean any form of BE 
   
  Could my spacing be wrong or perhaps (more than likely) the tag? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
  Kindest regards,
  Linda Bawcom


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