SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [noun]	848
2	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [noun sg]	630
3	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [adj]	453
4	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [adj]	250
5	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [noun pl]	118
6	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [noun prp]	93
7	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [num ord]	83
8	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [num]	68
9	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [det]	44
10	[noun pl] were [verb] in the same	38
11	[noun pl] were [verb] in the same	38
12	[noun pl] were [verb] in the first	30
13	[noun pl] were [verb] in the first	30
14	[noun pl] were [verb] in the late	16
15	[noun pl] were [verb] in the early	15
16	[noun pl] were [verb] in the late	15
17	[noun pl] were [verb] in the presence	14
18	[noun pl] were [verb] in the early	14
19	[noun pl] were [verb] in the presence	14
20	[noun pl] were [verb] in the united	12
21	[noun pl] were [verb] in the united	12
22	[noun pl] were [verb] in the second	9
23	[noun pl] were [verb] in the second	9
24	[noun pl] were [verb] in the area	8
25	[noun pl] were [verb] in the analysis	8
26	[noun pl] were [verb] in the 1960s	8
27	[noun pl] were [verb] in the uk	8
28	[noun pl] were [verb] in the town	8
29	[noun pl] were [verb] in the 1960s	8
30	[noun pl] were [verb] in the house	8