SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg]	1585
2	were [v-ing] [prep] the [noun]	1493
3	were [v-ing] [prep] a [noun]	369
4	were [v-ing] in [art] [noun]	312
5	were [v-ing] on [art] [noun]	264
6	were [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun pl]	224
7	were [v-ing] for [art] [noun]	197
8	were [v-ing] at [art] [noun]	170
9	were [v-ing] to [art] [noun]	165
10	were [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun prp]	99
11	were looking [prep] [art] [noun]	98
12	were sitting [prep] [art] [noun]	98
13	were standing [prep] [art] [noun]	93
14	were [v-ing] from [art] [noun]	93
15	were [v-ing] with [art] [noun]	85
16	were working [prep] [art] [noun]	80
17	were [v-ing] about [art] [noun]	76
18	were going [prep] [art] [noun]	73
19	were [v-ing] into [art] [noun]	71
20	were [v-ing] through [art] [noun]	62
21	were talking [prep] [art] [noun]	60
22	were walking [prep] [art] [noun]	57
23	were coming [prep] [art] [noun]	55
24	were waiting [prep] [art] [noun]	55
25	were [v-ing] [prep] an [noun]	51
26	were [v-ing] by [art] [noun]	39
27	were [v-ing] towards [art] [noun]	34
28	were living [prep] [art] [noun]	34
29	were moving [prep] [art] [noun]	31
30	were [v-ing] over [art] [noun]	31