SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [adj] [coord] [adv]	362
2	were [adj] [conj] [adv]	338
3	were [adj] and [adv]	295
4	were [adj] and [adv]	295
5	were [adj] [subord] [adv]	98
6	were [det] [conj] [adv]	65
7	were [adj] than [adv]	56
8	were [adj] than [adv]	56
9	were [adj -er] [conj] [adv]	52
10	were [adj] [conj] well	42
11	were [adj] or [adv]	40
12	were [adj] or [adv]	40
13	were [adj] as [adv]	36
14	were [adj] as [adv]	36
15	were [adj] [conj] more	30
16	were more [conj] [adv]	29
17	were more [conj] [adv]	29
18	were [adj] but [adv]	27
19	were [adj] but [adv]	27
20	were few [conj] [adv]	26
21	were few [conj] [adv]	26
22	were [adj] [conj] so	25
23	were [adj] [conj] far	22
24	were [adj] [conj] very	19
25	were [num] [conj] [adv]	19
26	were [adj] [that] [adv]	18
27	were [adj] that [adv]	18
28	were [adj] that [adv]	18
29	were [adj] [conj] ever	16
30	were [adj] [conj] then	15