SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[adj] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	186
2	[adj] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	114
3	[art] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	110
4	[art] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	110
5	the [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	109
6	the [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	109
7	[noun] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	97
8	[noun sg] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	70
9	[pron] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	42
10	[pos pn] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	39
11	[conj] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	38
12	[det] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	37
13	[num] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	26
14	[coord] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	22
15	and [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	19
16	[noun prp] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	19
17	and [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	19
18	his [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	16
19	his [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	16
20	these [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	15
21	these [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	15
22	[prep] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	12
23	[prep] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	12
24	's [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	11
25	's [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	11
26	[subord] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	11
27	[unc] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	11
28	['s] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	11
29	[adv] [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	8
30	local [noun pl] were [verb] the [noun]	7