SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [prep] be the	71
2	were [prep] be the	71
3	were [prep] [be] the	71
4	were [prep] [be] the	71
5	were [prep] [noun] the	43
6	were [prep] [noun sg] the	38
7	were [prep] [adv] the	33
8	were [prep] [adv] the	33
9	were [prep] [v-ing] the	20
10	were [prep] [verb] the	20
11	were [prep] far the	17
12	were [prep] far the	17
13	were [prep] fact the	16
14	were [prep] fact the	16
15	were [prep] [prep] the	12
16	were [prep] [prep] the	12
17	were [prep] [adj] the	10
18	were [prep] all the	10
19	were [prep] [det] the	10
20	were [prep] all the	10
21	were [prep] [pron] the	8
22	were [prep] [pers pn] the	7
23	were [prep] [no cls] the	5
24	were [prep] board the	5
25	were [prep] board the	5
26	were [prep] [unc] the	5
27	[noun] were [prep] the	1683
28	[pron] were [prep] the	1538
29	[pers pn] were [prep] the	1288
30	[noun pl] were [prep] the	1082