SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the [num ord]	204
2	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	194
3	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the first	87
4	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [num ord]	83
5	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [num ord]	83
6	[noun pl] were [verb] for the [num ord]	43
7	[noun pl] were [verb] for the [num ord]	43
8	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the last	25
9	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the second	23
10	[noun pl] were [verb] during the [num ord]	16
11	[noun pl] were [verb] during the [num ord]	16
12	[noun pl] were [verb] on the [num ord]	13
13	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the next	13
14	[noun pl] were [verb] on the [num ord]	13
15	[noun pl] were [verb] by the [num ord]	9
16	[noun pl] were [verb] by the [num ord]	9
17	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the seventeenth	8
18	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the nineteenth	7
19	[noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] the [num ord]	7
20	[noun pl] were [verb] at the [num ord]	6
21	[noun pl] were [verb] at the [num ord]	6
22	[noun pl] were add [prep] the [num ord]	5
23	[noun pl] were [verb] to the [num ord]	5
24	[noun pl] were used [prep] the [num ord]	5
25	[noun pl] were use [prep] the [num ord]	5
26	[noun pl] were make [prep] the [num ord]	5
27	[noun pl] were added [prep] the [num ord]	5
28	[noun pl] were [verb] to the [num ord]	5
29	[noun pl] were made [prep] the [num ord]	5