SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	1870
2	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [adj]	1714
3	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	1321
4	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [adj]	453
5	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [adj]	453
6	[noun pl] were [verb] by the [adj]	349
7	[noun pl] were [verb] by the [adj]	349
8	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the [num ord]	204
9	[noun pl] were [verb] to the [adj]	178
10	[noun pl] were [verb] to the [adj]	178
11	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the [num]	169
12	[noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] the [adj]	136
13	[noun pl] were [verb] from the [adj]	129
14	[noun pl] were [verb] from the [adj]	129
15	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	120
16	[noun pl] were [verb] for the [adj]	116
17	[noun pl] were [verb] for the [adj]	116
18	[noun pl] were [verb] on the [adj]	112
19	[noun pl] were [verb] on the [adj]	112
20	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the same	106
21	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the same	106
22	[noun pl] were [verb] with the [adj]	103
23	[noun pl] were [verb] with the [adj]	103
24	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the first	87
25	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the first	87
26	[noun pl] were [verb] at the [adj]	76
27	[noun pl] were [verb] at the [adj]	76
28	[noun pl] were make [prep] the [adj]	74
29	[noun pl] were made [prep] the [adj]	73
30	[noun pl] were [verb] during the [adj]	49