SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [verb] [verb] the	1489
2	were [vb pp] [verb] the	1166
3	were [adj] [verb] the	834
4	were [adj] [verb] the	778
5	were [adv] [verb] the	589
6	were [adv] [verb] the	427
7	were [v-ing] [verb] the	306
8	were able [verb] the	212
9	were able [verb] the	212
10	were [not/n't] [verb] the	119
11	were not [verb] the	118
12	were unable [verb] the	104
13	were unable [verb] the	104
14	were use [verb] the	103
15	were used [verb] the	100
16	were not [verb] the	87
17	were ask [verb] the	73
18	were going [verb] the	73
19	were go [verb] the	73
20	were make [verb] the	70
21	were asked [verb] the	70
22	were made [verb] the	69
23	were try [verb] the	62
24	were trying [verb] the	58
25	were still [verb] the	52
26	were still [verb] the	52
27	were prepared [verb] the	50
28	were prepared [verb] the	50
29	were [det] [verb] the	48
30	were design [verb] the	46