SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [prep] the [det]	68
2	[pron] were [prep] the [det]	50
3	[pers pn] were [prep] the [det]	40
4	[noun pl] were [prep] the [det]	34
5	they were [prep] the [det]	25
6	they were [prep] the [det]	23
7	[noun sg] were [prep] the [det]	21
8	[adj] were [prep] the [det]	12
9	[noun prp] were [prep] the [det]	10
10	we were [prep] the [det]	8
11	we were [prep] the [det]	8
12	[det] were [prep] the [det]	7
13	[conj] were [prep] the [det]	5
14	were [verb] [prep] the [det]	260
15	were [vb pp] [prep] the [det]	216
16	were [adj] [prep] the [det]	42
17	were [v-ing] [prep] the [det]	41
18	were [noun] [prep] the [det]	29
19	were [adv] [prep] the [det]	28
20	were [adv] [prep] the [det]	20
21	were [noun pl] [prep] the [det]	18
22	were [adj] [prep] the [det]	15
23	were [det] [prep] the [det]	14
24	were [num] [prep] the [det]	12
25	were all [prep] the [det]	12
26	were all [prep] the [det]	12
27	were one [prep] the [det]	11
28	were one [prep] the [det]	11
29	were [noun sg] [prep] the [det]	10
30	were bear [prep] the [det]	10