SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	468
2	[pron] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	424
3	[pers pn] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	359
4	[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	280
5	it [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	151
6	it [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	151
7	[noun pl] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	103
8	[noun prp] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	79
9	[adj] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	59
10	he [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	49
11	he [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	49
12	[det] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	45
13	they [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	45
14	they [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	44
15	i [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	42
16	i [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	42
17	[Wh det] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	33
18	we [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	31
19	we [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	31
20	she [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	23
21	this [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	23
22	she [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	23
23	this [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	23
24	[Wh pn] [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	19
25	which [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	18
26	who [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	18
27	who [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	18
28	which [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	18
29	you [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	17
30	you [was/were] [prep] the [noun pl]	17