SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [adj]	1714
2	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [adj]	1197
3	[noun pl] were [vb pp] in the [adj]	426
4	[noun pl] were [vb pp] by the [adj]	345
5	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	194
6	[noun pl] were [vb pp] to the [adj]	167
7	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num]	160
8	[noun pl] were [vb pp] from the [adj]	121
9	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [det]	110
10	[noun pl] were [vb pp] for the [adj]	105
11	[noun pl] were [vb pp] with the [adj]	99
12	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the same	98
13	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the same	98
14	[noun pl] were [vb pp] on the [adj]	93
15	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the first	85
16	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the first	85
17	[noun pl] were made [prep] the [adj]	73
18	[noun pl] were [vb pp] at the [adj]	65
19	[noun pl] were [vb pp] during the [adj]	47
20	[noun pl] were [vb pp] into the [adj]	37
21	[noun pl] were taken [prep] the [adj]	37
22	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the national	34
23	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the national	34
24	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the new	30
25	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the new	30
26	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the early	29
27	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the early	27
28	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [adj -er]	27
29	[noun pl] were [vb pp] as the [adj]	27
30	[noun pl] were held [prep] the [adj]	26