SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	1796
2	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	1321
3	[pron] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	515
4	[pers pn] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	334
5	[noun sg] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	314
6	they were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	226
7	they were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	219
8	[Wh det] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	107
9	which were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	106
10	which were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	106
11	[noun prp] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	103
12	[conj] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	98
13	[adj] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	98
14	we were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	76
15	we were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	75
16	[Wh pn] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	66
17	who were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	61
18	who were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	61
19	[n mass] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	58
20	[coord] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	54
21	[det] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	47
22	and were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	43
23	and were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	43
24	[that] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	41
25	that were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	41
26	that were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	41
27	[num] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	35
28	people were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	24
29	people were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	24
30	[adv] were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	23