SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [vb pp] in the [adj] [noun]	607
2	were [vb pp] in the [adj] [noun]	607
3	were [vb pp] in the [adj] [noun sg]	465
4	were [vb pp] in the [adj] [noun]	377
5	were [vb pp] in the [adj] [noun pl]	119
6	were [vb pp] in the [num ord] [noun]	113
7	were [vb pp] in the [det] [noun]	61
8	were [vb pp] in the same [noun]	56
9	were [vb pp] in the same [noun]	56
10	were [vb pp] in the [adj] century	54
11	were [vb pp] in the [adj] century	54
12	were [vb pp] in the [num] [noun]	37
13	were [vb pp] in the first [noun]	30
14	were [vb pp] in the first [noun]	30
15	were [vb pp] in the [adj] year	21
16	were included in the [adj] [noun]	20
17	were made in the [adj] [noun]	19
18	were [vb pp] in the [adj] way	18
19	were [vb pp] in the [adj] way	17
20	were [vb pp] in the [adj] [noun prp]	17
21	were [vb pp] in the [adj -er] [noun]	16
22	were [vb pp] in the second [noun]	15
23	were [vb pp] in the second [noun]	15
24	were [vb pp] in the [adj] year	15
25	were [vb pp] in the new [noun]	13
26	were placed in the [adj] [noun]	13
27	were [vb pp] in the new [noun]	13
28	were published in the [adj] [noun]	13
29	were held in the [adj] [noun]	13
30	were [vb pp] in the nineteenth [noun]	12