SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	170
2	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	120
3	[pron] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	53
4	[pers pn] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	39
5	they were [verb] [prep] the [det]	29
6	they were [verb] [prep] the [det]	29
7	[noun sg] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	27
8	[noun prp] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	17
9	[conj] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	10
10	who were [verb] [prep] the [det]	8
11	who were [verb] [prep] the [det]	8
12	[Wh pn] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	8
13	[adj] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	7
14	which were [verb] [prep] the [det]	6
15	[Wh det] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	6
16	[that] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	6
17	that were [verb] [prep] the [det]	6
18	that were [verb] [prep] the [det]	6
19	we were [verb] [prep] the [det]	6
20	we were [verb] [prep] the [det]	6
21	which were [verb] [prep] the [det]	6
22	[n mass] were [verb] [prep] the [det]	5
23	were [adv] [verb] [prep] the [det]	53
24	were [adv] [verb] [prep] the [det]	40
25	were not [verb] [prep] the [det]	13
26	were [not/n't] [verb] [prep] the [det]	13
27	were [adj] [verb] [prep] the [det]	12
28	were [verb] [verb] [prep] the [det]	12
29	were not [verb] [prep] the [det]	11
30	were [det] [verb] [prep] the [det]	10