SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [verb] the [adj]	681
2	were [verb] the [adj]	488
3	were [v-ing] the [adj]	377
4	were [vb pp] the [adj]	191
5	were [to-vb] the [adj]	112
6	were [verb] the [det]	84
7	were [verb] the same	80
8	were [verb] the same	80
9	were [verb] the [num ord]	44
10	were give the [adj]	38
11	were given the [adj]	36
12	were do the [adj]	29
13	were doing the [adj]	29
14	were [verb] the [adj -est]	27
15	were [verb] the [num]	24
16	were [verb] the other	20
17	were [verb] the other	20
18	were [verb] the first	17
19	were [verb] the first	17
20	were [verb] the following	17
21	were [verb] the following	17
22	were [verb] the good	16
23	were [verb] the new	15
24	were make the [adj]	15
25	were [verb] the new	15
26	were [verb] the next	14
27	were [verb] the wrong	14
28	were use the [adj]	14
29	were discuss the [adj]	14
30	were [verb] the wrong	14