SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] in the	1782
2	[noun pl] were [verb] in the	1319
3	[pron] were [verb] in the	520
4	[pers pn] were [verb] in the	318
5	[noun sg] were [verb] in the	297
6	they were [verb] in the	219
7	they were [verb] in the	207
8	[Wh det] were [verb] in the	124
9	which were [verb] in the	121
10	which were [verb] in the	121
11	[adj] were [verb] in the	110
12	[conj] were [verb] in the	95
13	[noun prp] were [verb] in the	94
14	[Wh pn] were [verb] in the	71
15	[n mass] were [verb] in the	70
16	who were [verb] in the	67
17	who were [verb] in the	67
18	[det] were [verb] in the	58
19	we were [verb] in the	55
20	we were [verb] in the	55
21	that were [verb] in the	54
22	that were [verb] in the	54
23	[that] were [verb] in the	54
24	people were [verb] in the	44
25	people were [verb] in the	44
26	[num] were [verb] in the	43
27	[coord] were [verb] in the	37
28	you were [verb] in the	26
29	you were [verb] in the	26
30	and were [verb] in the	25