SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [pers pn] were the [adj]	50
2	[verb] [pron] were the [adj]	35
3	[vb past] [pron] were the [adj]	33
4	[verb] they were the [adj]	23
5	[verb] they were the [adj]	21
6	think [pron] were the [adj]	16
7	[verb] we were the [adj]	13
8	[verb] we were the [adj]	13
9	[vb base] [pron] were the [adj]	13
10	[verb] [pron] were the [adj -est]	10
11	say [pron] were the [adj]	9
12	[verb] [pron] were the [num ord]	9
13	[verb] you were the [adj]	8
14	[verb] [pron] were the good	8
15	[verb] [pron] were the only	8
16	[verb] you were the [adj]	8
17	thought [pron] were the [adj]	8
18	[verb] [pron] were the only	8
19	[verb] [Wh det] were the [adj]	8
20	said [pron] were the [adj]	6
21	[vb infin] [pron] were the [adj]	6
22	[verb] [pron] were the first	6
23	[verb] [pron] were the first	6
24	[to-vb] [pron] were the [adj]	6
25	feel [pron] were the [adj]	5
26	[v-ing] [pron] were the [adj]	5
27	think [pron] were the [adj]	5
28	[verb] it were the [adj]	5
29	[verb] it were the [adj]	5
30	[verb] [pron] were the [det]	5