SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [verb] the [noun]	1962
2	were [verb] the [noun sg]	1501
3	were [verb] the [adj]	681
4	were [verb] the [adj]	488
5	were [verb] the [noun pl]	374
6	were [verb] the [det]	84
7	were [verb] the same	80
8	were [verb] the same	80
9	were [verb] the [noun prp]	61
10	were [verb] the [num ord]	44
11	were [verb] the [adv]	40
12	were [verb] the [adv]	40
13	were [verb] the opportunity	33
14	were [verb] the opportunity	33
15	were [verb] the right	29
16	were [verb] the right	28
17	were [verb] the [adj -est]	27
18	were [verb] the chance	25
19	were [verb] the [num]	24
20	were [verb] the chance	24
21	were [verb] the [n mass]	23
22	were [verb] the most	23
23	were [verb] the most	23
24	were [verb] the other	20
25	were [verb] the other	20
26	were [verb] the following	17
27	were [verb] the following	17
28	were [verb] the first	17
29	were [verb] the first	17
30	were [verb] the good	16