SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	5390
2	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	3990
3	[pron] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	1283
4	[noun sg] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	931
5	[pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	862
6	they were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	606
7	they were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	589
8	[adj] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	345
9	[conj] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	297
10	[noun prp] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	285
11	[Wh det] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	266
12	which were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	262
13	which were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	262
14	[n mass] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	177
15	we were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	174
16	we were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	173
17	[coord] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	159
18	[num] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	151
19	[Wh pn] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	146
20	[det] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	145
21	who were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	138
22	who were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	138
23	that were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	124
24	[that] were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	124
25	that were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	124
26	and were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	123
27	and were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	123
28	people were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	85
29	people were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	83
30	these were [vb pp] [prep] the [noun]	66