SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pron] were [v-ing] [prep] an	42
2	[pers pn] were [v-ing] [prep] an	41
3	[noun] were [v-ing] [prep] an	37
4	[noun pl] were [v-ing] [prep] an	21
5	they were [v-ing] [prep] an	19
6	they were [v-ing] [prep] an	19
7	you were [v-ing] [prep] an	10
8	you were [v-ing] [prep] an	10
9	[noun sg] were [v-ing] [prep] an	9
10	we were [v-ing] [prep] an	7
11	we were [v-ing] [prep] an	7
12	[noun prp] were [v-ing] [prep] an	6
13	were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] an	11
14	were [adv] [v-ing] [prep] an	8
15	were [verb] [v-ing] [prep] an	5
16	were [v-ing] [noun] [prep] an	14
17	were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] an	12
18	were [v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] an	9
19	were [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] an	8
20	were [v-ing] [pron] [prep] an	7
21	were [v-ing] [verb] [prep] an	7
22	were [v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] an	7
23	were [v-ing] themselves [prep] an	5
24	were [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] an	5
25	were [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] an	5
26	were [v-ing] themselves [prep] an	5
27	were [v-ing] [prep] an [noun]	51
28	were [v-ing] [prep] an [noun sg]	49
29	were [v-ing] [prep] an [adj]	33
30	were [v-ing] [prep] an [adj]	33