SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [verb] [adv] in the [adj]	125
2	were [verb] [adv prt] in the [adj]	73
3	were [verb] [adv] in the [adj]	52
4	were [verb] [verb] in the [adj]	34
5	were [verb] out in the [adj]	30
6	were [verb] out in the [adj]	30
7	were [verb] [to-vb] in the [adj]	28
8	were [verb] up in the [adj]	26
9	were [verb] up in the [adj]	26
10	were [verb] [noun] in the [adj]	21
11	were [verb] [adj] in the [adj]	13
12	were [verb] [prep] in the [adj]	12
13	were [verb] [prep] in the [adj]	12
14	were [verb] [noun sg] in the [adj]	11
15	were [verb] [noun pl] in the [adj]	10
16	were [verb] [adj] in the [adj]	10
17	were [verb] yesterday in the [adj]	5
18	were [verb] for in the [adj]	5
19	were [verb] for in the [adj]	5
20	were [verb] mainly in the [adj]	5
21	were [verb] off in the [adj]	5
22	were [verb] yesterday in the [adj]	5
23	were [verb] mainly in the [adj]	5
24	were [verb] off in the [adj]	5
25	[noun] were [verb] in the [adj]	609
26	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [adj]	453
27	[pron] were [verb] in the [adj]	168
28	[noun sg] were [verb] in the [adj]	94
29	[pers pn] were [verb] in the [adj]	84
30	they were [verb] in the [adj]	60