SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were then [verb]	384
2	[noun pl] were then [verb]	311
3	[pron] were then [verb]	173
4	[pers pn] were then [verb]	97
5	they were then [verb]	67
6	they were then [verb]	67
7	[Wh det] were then [verb]	64
8	which were then [verb]	60
9	which were then [verb]	60
10	[noun sg] were then [verb]	52
11	[adj] were then [verb]	37
12	[conj] were then [verb]	35
13	[coord] were then [verb]	33
14	and were then [verb]	29
15	and were then [verb]	29
16	[det] were then [verb]	28
17	these were then [verb]	25
18	these were then [verb]	25
19	we were then [verb]	24
20	we were then [verb]	24
21	who were then [verb]	11
22	who were then [verb]	11
23	[Wh pn] were then [verb]	11
24	[noun prp] were then [verb]	11
25	[n mass] were then [verb]	10
26	sample were then [verb]	8
27	result were then [verb]	7
28	samples were then [verb]	7
29	results were then [verb]	7
30	cells were then [verb]	6