SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [prep] the first	39
2	[noun pl] were [prep] the first	29
3	[pron] were [prep] the first	28
4	[pers pn] were [prep] the first	23
5	they were [prep] the first	15
6	they were [prep] the first	13
7	[noun sg] were [prep] the first	5
8	we were [prep] the first	5
9	we were [prep] the first	5
10	[noun prp] were [prep] the first	5
11	were [verb] [prep] the first	174
12	were [vb pp] [prep] the first	160
13	were [adj] [prep] the first	42
14	were [adj] [prep] the first	27
15	were [adv] [prep] the first	13
16	were [v-ing] [prep] the first	12
17	were [adv] [prep] the first	11
18	were [num] [prep] the first	11
19	were one [prep] the first	10
20	were one [prep] the first	10
21	were [noun] [prep] the first	7
22	were [noun pl] [prep] the first	5
23	were [prep] the first [noun]	40
24	were [prep] the first [noun sg]	27
25	were [prep] the first [verb]	15
26	were [prep] the first [to-vb]	15
27	were [prep] the first [noun pl]	11
28	were [prep] the first [adj]	9
29	were [prep] the first [prep]	7
30	were [prep] the first [prep]	7