SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pron] were [prep] the [noun sg]	963
2	[noun] were [prep] the [noun sg]	894
3	[pers pn] were [prep] the [noun sg]	823
4	[noun pl] were [prep] the [noun sg]	584
5	they were [prep] the [noun sg]	426
6	they were [prep] the [noun sg]	416
7	we were [prep] the [noun sg]	202
8	we were [prep] the [noun sg]	201
9	[noun sg] were [prep] the [noun sg]	164
10	you were [prep] the [noun sg]	138
11	you were [prep] the [noun sg]	138
12	[noun prp] were [prep] the [noun sg]	107
13	[adj] were [prep] the [noun sg]	80
14	[Wh pn] were [prep] the [noun sg]	78
15	[conj] were [prep] the [noun sg]	69
16	who were [prep] the [noun sg]	67
17	who were [prep] the [noun sg]	67
18	[det] were [prep] the [noun sg]	42
19	[n mass] were [prep] the [noun sg]	38
20	[that] were [prep] the [noun sg]	35
21	that were [prep] the [noun sg]	35
22	that were [prep] the [noun sg]	35
23	[Wh det] were [prep] the [noun sg]	34
24	[coord] were [prep] the [noun sg]	32
25	[num] were [prep] the [noun sg]	32
26	which were [prep] the [noun sg]	32
27	which were [prep] the [noun sg]	32
28	and were [prep] the [noun sg]	25
29	there were [prep] the [noun sg]	25
30	[ex0] were [prep] the [noun sg]	25