SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun pl] were [prep] the [adj]	311
2	[noun pl] were [prep] the [adj]	178
3	[noun pl] were in the [adj]	87
4	[noun pl] were among the [adj]	46
5	[noun pl] were on the [adj]	45
6	[noun pl] were [prep] the [num ord]	43
7	[noun pl] were [prep] the [det]	34
8	[noun pl] were [prep] the first	29
9	[noun pl] were [prep] the first	29
10	[noun pl] were [prep] the same	29
11	[noun pl] were [prep] the same	29
12	[noun pl] were [prep] the [num]	26
13	[noun pl] were of the [adj]	25
14	[noun pl] were [prep] the [adj -est]	24
15	[noun pl] were from the [adj]	21
16	[noun pl] were at the [adj]	16
17	[noun pl] were for the [adj]	16
18	[noun pl] were [prep] the top	8
19	[noun pl] were [prep] the top	8
20	[noun pl] were to the [adj]	7
21	[noun pl] were about the [adj]	7
22	[noun pl] were [prep] the good	7
23	figures were [prep] the [adj]	7
24	[noun pl] were [prep] the best	7
25	[noun pl] were [prep] the other	6
26	[noun pl] were amongst the [adj]	6
27	[noun pl] were [prep] the other	6
28	[noun pl] were [prep] the large	6
29	eyes were [prep] the [adj]	6
30	[noun pl] were [prep] the [adj -er]	6