SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[adj] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	187
2	[art] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	129
3	[art] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	129
4	[noun] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	123
5	the [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	121
6	the [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	121
7	[adj] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	111
8	[noun sg] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	76
9	[conj] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	75
10	[coord] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	49
11	and [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	43
12	and [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	43
13	[pron] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	42
14	[pos pn] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	39
15	[det] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	38
16	[noun prp] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	36
17	[prep] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	29
18	[prep] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	29
19	[num] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	28
20	[subord] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	22
21	his [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	17
22	his [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	17
23	of [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	15
24	of [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	15
25	if [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	14
26	if [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	14
27	[unc] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	13
28	these [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	13
29	['s] [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	13
30	's [noun] were [verb] the [noun sg]	13