SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [vb pp] in a	610
2	[noun pl] were [vb pp] in a	438
3	[pron] were [vb pp] in a	133
4	[noun sg] were [vb pp] in a	104
5	[pers pn] were [vb pp] in a	90
6	they were [vb pp] in a	61
7	they were [vb pp] in a	58
8	[adj] were [vb pp] in a	38
9	[n mass] were [vb pp] in a	36
10	[noun prp] were [vb pp] in a	31
11	[Wh det] were [vb pp] in a	29
12	which were [vb pp] in a	28
13	which were [vb pp] in a	28
14	people were [vb pp] in a	24
15	people were [vb pp] in a	24
16	[conj] were [vb pp] in a	22
17	[det] were [vb pp] in a	19
18	we were [vb pp] in a	17
19	we were [vb pp] in a	16
20	[coord] were [vb pp] in a	15
21	and were [vb pp] in a	14
22	and were [vb pp] in a	14
23	[num] were [vb pp] in a	13
24	these were [vb pp] in a	12
25	[Wh pn] were [vb pp] in a	12
26	these were [vb pp] in a	12
27	who were [vb pp] in a	10
28	who were [vb pp] in a	10
29	[verb] were [vb pp] in a	8
30	children were [vb pp] in a	8