Billy picked up by school bus. vs Billy was picked up by the school bus.

The correct phrase is "Billy was picked up by the school bus." The second phrase is the correct and more commonly used form in English. It follows the standard structure for passive voice sentences, where the subject comes after the verb 'was picked up.'

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Billy picked up by school bus.

This phrase is incorrect. It lacks the necessary verb 'was' to form a passive voice sentence.

This phrase is not correct in English. It is missing the auxiliary verb 'was' to form the passive voice construction.

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In case I need to save the school bus.
We just got off a school bus.
It is kind of like a school bus.
Yesterday, I punched a school bus.
We only know that they rose on the school bus.
- We used to sit together at the back of the school bus.
- Good. 'cause this is the high school bus.
We were waiting for the school bus.
This is about finding out what happened on that school bus.
You know, if I had to drive around with everyone that I've lost, I'd need a school bus.
Now, you will hear from the people who survived the shooting on that school bus.
[Horn blares] Okay, you just cut off a school bus.
I believe that's what he was doing when he boarded the school bus.
We're here to discover the truth about what happened on that school bus.
I'm just here to pay the fine for the Sunday School Bus.
I promised my wife I'm going home and I'm driving a school bus.
(chuckles) There was this one with an eye patch, she drove a school bus.
Cops tell you not to use drugs but get drunk and crash their car into a special-needs school bus.
A giant squid is a creature that's basically as long as a school bus.
I could outfly you in a school bus.

Alternatives:

Billy was picked up by the school bus.
The school bus picked up Billy.
Billy got picked up by the school bus.
Billy was taken by the school bus.
The school bus came to pick up Billy.

Billy was picked up by the school bus.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It is in the passive voice form with the subject 'Billy' coming after the verb 'was picked up.'

This phrase is the correct way to express that Billy was picked up by the school bus using the passive voice structure.

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In case I need to save the school bus.
We only know that they rose on the school bus.
- We used to sit together at the back of the school bus.
We were waiting for the school bus.
I was picked up by a trucker.
See if he was picked up by another agency.
Fortunately, he was picked up by a passing Chinese ship.
She was picked up by the company in Istanbul just after 9/11.
That your son was picked up by leftists posing as soldiers.
She was picked up by McKinnon and Hayes.
I believe that's what he was doing when he boarded the school bus.
That's terrific, but I called you here to discuss your son's misbehavior on the school bus.
When the General was picked up after his speech in the school...
Seven hours later, it was picked up by civil aviation in Canada, still heading west.
At 3:00 p.m., and each child was picked up by a parent or authorized guardian.
Turns out she was picked up by the cops two days ago.
The heat and vibration will liquefy the tissue enabling us to examine whatever foreign particle was picked up by the X-ray.
It was picked up by sailors hundreds of miles out at sea and has been traveling through space ever since.
And before long, she was picked up by a limo for a night of being passed around amongst Hollywood creeps.
Ellika was picked up by the Vice Unit in Malmo, - maybe the others were too.

Alternatives:

Billy was picked up by the bus.
The school bus picked up Billy.
Billy got picked up by the school bus.
Billy was taken by the school bus.
The school bus came to pick up Billy.

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Billy picked up by school bus. vs Billy was picked up by the school bus.