SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [adv] [verb] the [noun sg]	223
2	were [adv] [v-ing] the [noun sg]	155
3	were [adv] [vb pp] the [noun sg]	36
4	were [adv] [to-vb] the [noun sg]	31
5	were still [verb] the [noun sg]	29
6	were also [verb] the [noun sg]	19
7	were [adv] give the [noun sg]	14
8	were [adv] given the [noun sg]	13
9	were already [verb] the [noun sg]	11
10	were just [verb] the [noun sg]	11
11	were now [verb] the [noun sg]	10
12	were there [verb] the [noun sg]	9
13	were only [verb] the [noun sg]	6
14	were actually [verb] the [noun sg]	6
15	were [adv] take the [noun sg]	6
16	were yesterday [verb] the [noun sg]	6
17	were increasingly [verb] the [noun sg]	5
18	were [adv] taking the [noun sg]	5
19	were [adv] [verb] the area	5
20	were [adv] investigating the [noun sg]	5
21	were [adv] examine the [noun sg]	5
22	were [adv] investigate the [noun sg]	5
23	were then [verb] the [noun sg]	5
24	were soon [verb] the [noun sg]	5