SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [vb pp] for the [noun]	303
2	were [vb pp] for the [noun sg]	231
3	were [vb pp] for the [adj]	166
4	were [vb pp] for the [adj]	75
5	were [vb pp] for the [num ord]	59
6	were [vb pp] for the [noun pl]	48
7	were [vb pp] for the first	44
8	were [vb pp] for the first	44
9	were [vb pp] for the [noun prp]	21
10	were [vb pp] for the [num]	15
11	were [vb pp] for the purpose	13
12	were [vb pp] for the [det]	10
13	were [vb pp] for the purpose	10
14	were [vb pp] for the same	8
15	were [vb pp] for the same	8
16	were [vb pp] for the presence	7
17	were [vb pp] for the [adv]	7
18	were [vb pp] for the duration	7
19	were [vb pp] for the duration	7
20	were [vb pp] for the [adv]	7
21	were [vb pp] for the presence	7
22	were [vb pp] for the job	5
23	were [vb pp] for the second	5
24	were [vb pp] for the job	5
25	were [vb pp] for the study	5
26	were [vb pp] for the second	5
27	were [vb pp] for the study	5
28	were [vb pp] for the [adj -est]	5
29	[noun] were [vb pp] for the	347
30	[noun pl] were [vb pp] for the	281