SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun pl] were [verb] in [verb] the	14
2	[noun pl] were [verb] in [v-ing] the	14
3	[noun pl] were [verb] in [adj] the	9
4	[noun pl] were [verb] in [num] the	5
5	[adj] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	631
6	[adj] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	335
7	[noun] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	182
8	[num] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	157
9	[noun sg] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	154
10	[art] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	134
11	[art] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	134
12	[det] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	120
13	the [noun pl] were [verb] in the	118
14	the [noun pl] were [verb] in the	118
15	[conj] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	86
16	[pron] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	84
17	[pos pn] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	68
18	[coord] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	53
19	and [noun pl] were [verb] in the	52
20	and [noun pl] were [verb] in the	52
21	these [noun pl] were [verb] in the	47
22	these [noun pl] were [verb] in the	47
23	two [noun pl] were [verb] in the	34
24	two [noun pl] were [verb] in the	34
25	[prep] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	33
26	[prep] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	33
27	[unc] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	32
28	['s] [noun pl] were [verb] in the	29
29	's [noun pl] were [verb] in the	27
30	's [noun pl] were [verb] in the	27