SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [v-ing] [prep] [art]	2708
2	were [v-ing] [prep] the	1945
3	were [v-ing] [prep] the	1945
4	were [v-ing] [prep] a	755
5	were [v-ing] [prep] a	667
6	were [v-ing] in [art]	474
7	were [v-ing] on [art]	353
8	were [v-ing] for [art]	305
9	were [v-ing] at [art]	244
10	were [v-ing] to [art]	216
11	were looking [prep] [art]	146
12	were [v-ing] with [art]	126
13	were [v-ing] from [art]	124
14	were standing [prep] [art]	124
15	were going [prep] [art]	118
16	were sitting [prep] [art]	117
17	were [v-ing] about [art]	115
18	were working [prep] [art]	111
19	were [v-ing] into [art]	95
20	were [v-ing] through [art]	91
21	were [v-ing] [prep] an	88
22	were talking [prep] [art]	88
23	were coming [prep] [art]	65
24	were walking [prep] [art]	64
25	were waiting [prep] [art]	64
26	were living [prep] [art]	59
27	were moving [prep] [art]	46
28	were [v-ing] by [art]	46
29	were [v-ing] towards [art]	45
30	were [v-ing] over [art]	41