SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [vb pp] the [det] [noun]	12
2	[pron] were [vb pp] the [det] [noun]	9
3	[pers pn] were [vb pp] the [det] [noun]	8
4	[noun pl] were [vb pp] the [det] [noun]	8
5	they were [vb pp] the [det] [noun]	5
6	they were [vb pp] the [det] [noun]	5
7	were [vb pp] [prep] the [det] [noun]	190
8	were [vb pp] [prep] the [det] [noun]	190
9	were [vb pp] in the [det] [noun]	61
10	were [vb pp] in the [det] [noun]	61
11	were [vb pp] at the [det] [noun]	35
12	were [vb pp] at the [det] [noun]	35
13	were [vb pp] by the [det] [noun]	23
14	were [vb pp] by the [det] [noun]	23
15	were [vb pp] on the [det] [noun]	19
16	were [vb pp] on the [det] [noun]	19
17	were [vb pp] with the [det] [noun]	11
18	were [vb pp] from the [det] [noun]	11
19	were [vb pp] with the [det] [noun]	11
20	were [vb pp] to the [det] [noun]	11
21	were [vb pp] from the [det] [noun]	11
22	were [vb pp] to the [det] [noun]	11
23	were [vb pp] [verb] the [det] [noun]	8
24	were [vb pp] for the [det] [noun]	8
25	were [vb pp] for the [det] [noun]	8
26	were [vb pp] [to-vb] the [det] [noun]	7
27	were [vb pp] the [det] [noun] [prep]	8
28	were [vb pp] the [det] [noun] [prep]	8
29	were [vb pp] the [det] [noun] [conj]	7
30	were [vb pp] the [det] [noun] [subord]	5