SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [verb] [prep] the	13746
2	were [vb pp] [prep] the	11578
3	were [adj] [prep] the	3320
4	were [adj] [prep] the	2773
5	were [v-ing] [prep] the	1945
6	were [adv] [prep] the	1300
7	were [noun] [prep] the	1186
8	were [noun pl] [prep] the	943
9	were [adv] [prep] the	771
10	were make [prep] the	376
11	were made [prep] the	372
12	were [adv prt] [prep] the	294
13	were [det] [prep] the	258
14	were [not/n't] [prep] the	235
15	were not [prep] the	235
16	were [to-vb] [prep] the	220
17	were [num] [prep] the	192
18	were take [prep] the	189
19	were [noun sg] [prep] the	188
20	were taken [prep] the	186
21	were not [prep] the	164
22	were use [prep] the	152
23	were used [prep] the	151
24	were part [prep] the	135
25	were find [prep] the	135
26	were found [prep] the	133
27	were part [prep] the	130
28	were held [prep] the	126
29	were hold [prep] the	126
30	were involved [prep] the	119