SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [verb] the	2737
2	were [v-ing] the	1630
3	were [vb pp] the	639
4	were [to-vb] the	463
5	were give the	184
6	were given the	175
7	were do the	74
8	were doing the	71
9	were take the	57
10	were tell the	51
11	were use the	47
12	were make the	46
13	were discuss the	42
14	were discussing the	42
15	were leave the	40
16	were taking the	39
17	were told the	38
18	were using the	37
19	were leaving the	33
20	were making the	31
21	were become the	29
22	were get the	28
23	were approach the	27
24	were offer the	27
25	were approaching the	26
26	were offered the	25
27	were play the	25
28	were follow the	24
29	were ask the	24
30	were show the	24