SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] in a [adj]	248
2	[noun pl] were [verb] in a [adj]	184
3	[pron] were [verb] in a [adj]	88
4	[pers pn] were [verb] in a [adj]	68
5	[noun sg] were [verb] in a [adj]	38
6	they were [verb] in a [adj]	37
7	they were [verb] in a [adj]	35
8	we were [verb] in a [adj]	19
9	we were [verb] in a [adj]	19
10	[adj] were [verb] in a [adj]	14
11	[noun prp] were [verb] in a [adj]	14
12	[Wh det] were [verb] in a [adj]	13
13	which were [verb] in a [adj]	13
14	which were [verb] in a [adj]	13
15	[n mass] were [verb] in a [adj]	12
16	[det] were [verb] in a [adj]	9
17	[Wh pn] were [verb] in a [adj]	6
18	people were [verb] in a [adj]	6
19	[conj] were [verb] in a [adj]	6
20	people were [verb] in a [adj]	6
21	[coord] were [verb] in a [adj]	6
22	these were [verb] in a [adj]	5
23	i were [verb] in a [adj]	5
24	and were [verb] in a [adj]	5
25	and were [verb] in a [adj]	5
26	i were [verb] in a [adj]	5
27	these were [verb] in a [adj]	5
28	were [adv] [verb] in a [adj]	48
29	were [adv] [verb] in a [adj]	43
30	were [adj] [verb] in a [adj]	9