SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	39
2	[subord] [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	31
3	as [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	11
4	as [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	11
5	if [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	8
6	[adv] [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	8
7	if [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	8
8	[verb] [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	8
9	[noun] [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	7
10	[adv] [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	6
11	[vb past] [pers pn] were [prep] the [noun pl]	5
12	[pers pn] were [verb] [prep] the [noun pl]	225
13	[pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	142
14	[pers pn] were [adj] [prep] the [noun pl]	91
15	[pers pn] were [v-ing] [prep] the [noun pl]	75
16	[pers pn] were [adj] [prep] the [noun pl]	75
17	[pers pn] were [adv] [prep] the [noun pl]	47
18	[pers pn] were [adv] [prep] the [noun pl]	20
19	[pers pn] were [noun] [prep] the [noun pl]	17
20	[pers pn] were [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl]	16
21	[pers pn] were not [prep] the [noun pl]	11
22	[pers pn] were [noun pl] [prep] the [noun pl]	11
23	[pers pn] were [not/n't] [prep] the [noun pl]	11
24	[pers pn] were one [prep] the [noun pl]	10
25	[pers pn] were one [prep] the [noun pl]	10
26	[pers pn] were [num] [prep] the [noun pl]	10
27	[pers pn] were look [prep] the [noun pl]	9
28	[pers pn] were looking [prep] the [noun pl]	8
29	[pers pn] were [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl]	8
30	[pers pn] were talking [prep] the [noun pl]	7