SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [prep] [be] the [noun]	37
2	were [prep] be the [noun]	37
3	were [prep] [be] the [noun]	37
4	were [prep] be the [noun]	37
5	were [prep] [noun] the [noun]	26
6	were [prep] [noun sg] the [noun]	23
7	were [prep] [v-ing] the [noun]	18
8	were [prep] [verb] the [noun]	18
9	were [prep] [adv] the [noun]	8
10	were [prep] [prep] the [noun]	8
11	were [prep] [adv] the [noun]	8
12	were [prep] [prep] the [noun]	8
13	were [prep] fact the [noun]	7
14	were [prep] fact the [noun]	7
15	were [prep] all the [noun]	5
16	were [prep] all the [noun]	5
17	were [prep] [det] the [noun]	5
18	were [prep] [adj] the [noun]	5
19	[pron] were [prep] the [noun]	1130
20	[noun] were [prep] the [noun]	1098
21	[pers pn] were [prep] the [noun]	963
22	[noun pl] were [prep] the [noun]	711
23	they were [prep] the [noun]	486
24	they were [prep] the [noun]	476
25	we were [prep] the [noun]	250
26	we were [prep] the [noun]	247
27	[noun sg] were [prep] the [noun]	206
28	you were [prep] the [noun]	163
29	you were [prep] the [noun]	163
30	[noun prp] were [prep] the [noun]	133