SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [vb pp] and the	284
2	[noun pl] were [vb pp] and the	210
3	[noun sg] were [vb pp] and the	56
4	[pron] were [vb pp] and the	17
5	[pers pn] were [vb pp] and the	15
6	they were [vb pp] and the	12
7	they were [vb pp] and the	11
8	[noun prp] were [vb pp] and the	10
9	[n mass] were [vb pp] and the	8
10	people were [vb pp] and the	5
11	people were [vb pp] and the	5
12	were [adv] [vb pp] and the	63
13	were [adv] [vb pp] and the	56
14	were be [vb pp] and the	8
15	were [being] [vb pp] and the	8
16	were [be] [vb pp] and the	8
17	were being [vb pp] and the	8
18	were not [vb pp] and the	7
19	were [not/n't] [vb pp] and the	7
20	were not [vb pp] and the	6
21	were [vb pp] [adv] and the	55
22	were [vb pp] [adv prt] and the	37
23	were [vb pp] [adv] and the	18
24	were [vb pp] [adj] and the	10
25	were [vb pp] out and the	9
26	were [vb pp] out and the	9
27	were [vb pp] [adj] and the	8
28	were [vb pp] down and the	6
29	were [vb pp] down and the	6
30	were [vb pp] back and the	6