SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [adv] [verb] in	840
2	[noun pl] were [adv] [verb] in	598
3	[pron] were [adv] [verb] in	254
4	[pers pn] were [adv] [verb] in	165
5	[noun sg] were [adv] [verb] in	155
6	they were [adv] [verb] in	120
7	they were [adv] [verb] in	113
8	[conj] were [adv] [verb] in	77
9	[adj] were [adv] [verb] in	66
10	which were [adv] [verb] in	57
11	which were [adv] [verb] in	57
12	[Wh det] were [adv] [verb] in	57
13	[noun prp] were [adv] [verb] in	51
14	[coord] were [adv] [verb] in	49
15	[det] were [adv] [verb] in	36
16	[n mass] were [adv] [verb] in	34
17	[Wh pn] were [adv] [verb] in	31
18	and were [adv] [verb] in	31
19	and were [adv] [verb] in	31
20	who were [adv] [verb] in	30
21	who were [adv] [verb] in	30
22	we were [adv] [verb] in	28
23	we were [adv] [verb] in	28
24	[that] were [adv] [verb] in	27
25	that were [adv] [verb] in	27
26	that were [adv] [verb] in	27
27	these were [adv] [verb] in	23
28	these were [adv] [verb] in	23
29	[num] were [adv] [verb] in	21
30	people were [adv] [verb] in	15