SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] in the [adj]	609
2	[noun pl] were [verb] in the [adj]	453
3	[pron] were [verb] in the [adj]	168
4	[noun sg] were [verb] in the [adj]	94
5	[pers pn] were [verb] in the [adj]	84
6	they were [verb] in the [adj]	60
7	[Wh det] were [verb] in the [adj]	59
8	which were [verb] in the [adj]	58
9	which were [verb] in the [adj]	58
10	they were [verb] in the [adj]	55
11	[adj] were [verb] in the [adj]	40
12	[conj] were [verb] in the [adj]	39
13	[noun prp] were [verb] in the [adj]	37
14	[det] were [verb] in the [adj]	25
15	[n mass] were [verb] in the [adj]	25
16	[Wh pn] were [verb] in the [adj]	23
17	[that] were [verb] in the [adj]	22
18	that were [verb] in the [adj]	22
19	that were [verb] in the [adj]	22
20	who were [verb] in the [adj]	21
21	who were [verb] in the [adj]	21
22	[coord] were [verb] in the [adj]	16
23	we were [verb] in the [adj]	15
24	we were [verb] in the [adj]	15
25	[num] were [verb] in the [adj]	14
26	people were [verb] in the [adj]	11
27	people were [verb] in the [adj]	11
28	and were [verb] in the [adj]	9
29	and were [verb] in the [adj]	9
30	these were [verb] in the [adj]	9