SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] by the [noun]	1203
2	[noun pl] were [verb] by the [noun]	834
3	[pron] were [verb] by the [noun]	369
4	[pers pn] were [verb] by the [noun]	276
5	[noun sg] were [verb] by the [noun]	249
6	they were [verb] by the [noun]	198
7	they were [verb] by the [noun]	192
8	[adj] were [verb] by the [noun]	96
9	[conj] were [verb] by the [noun]	94
10	[noun prp] were [verb] by the [noun]	81
11	[coord] were [verb] by the [noun]	63
12	we were [verb] by the [noun]	61
13	we were [verb] by the [noun]	60
14	[Wh det] were [verb] by the [noun]	59
15	which were [verb] by the [noun]	58
16	which were [verb] by the [noun]	58
17	and were [verb] by the [noun]	47
18	and were [verb] by the [noun]	47
19	[det] were [verb] by the [noun]	39
20	[n mass] were [verb] by the [noun]	38
21	[num] were [verb] by the [noun]	37
22	[Wh pn] were [verb] by the [noun]	32
23	who were [verb] by the [noun]	31
24	who were [verb] by the [noun]	31
25	[that] were [verb] by the [noun]	27
26	that were [verb] by the [noun]	27
27	that were [verb] by the [noun]	27
28	[verb] were [verb] by the [noun]	21
29	these were [verb] by the [noun]	19
30	[adj] were [verb] by the [noun]	19