SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	901
2	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	697
3	[pron] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	224
4	[pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	142
5	[noun sg] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	137
6	they were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	113
7	they were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	111
8	[adj] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	68
9	[conj] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	53
10	[Wh det] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	49
11	which were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	46
12	which were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	46
13	[noun prp] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	36
14	[coord] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	29
15	[n mass] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	29
16	[num] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	28
17	[Wh pn] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	27
18	[det] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	27
19	and were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	25
20	and were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	25
21	who were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	24
22	who were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	24
23	that were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	20
24	[that] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	20
25	that were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	20
26	we were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	19
27	we were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	18
28	people were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	16
29	people were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	16
30	[adj] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl]	12