SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [prep] the	1683
2	[pron] were [prep] the	1538
3	[pers pn] were [prep] the	1288
4	[noun pl] were [prep] the	1082
5	they were [prep] the	684
6	they were [prep] the	667
7	[noun sg] were [prep] the	323
8	we were [prep] the	317
9	we were [prep] the	314
10	[noun prp] were [prep] the	210
11	you were [prep] the	197
12	you were [prep] the	197
13	[adj] were [prep] the	186
14	[Wh pn] were [prep] the	144
15	who were [prep] the	131
16	who were [prep] the	131
17	[conj] were [prep] the	98
18	[det] were [prep] the	88
19	[num] were [prep] the	82
20	[n mass] were [prep] the	67
21	[Wh det] were [prep] the	60
22	which were [prep] the	58
23	which were [prep] the	58
24	[that] were [prep] the	52
25	that were [prep] the	52
26	that were [prep] the	52
27	[verb] were [prep] the	45
28	[coord] were [prep] the	43
29	[adv] were [prep] the	41
30	there were [prep] the	40