SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were likely [prep] [be]	111
2	were likely [prep] be	111
3	were likely [prep] [be]	111
4	were likely [prep] be	111
5	[noun] were likely [prep]	71
6	[noun pl] were likely [prep]	48
7	[pron] were likely [prep]	29
8	[pers pn] were likely [prep]	18
9	[noun sg] were likely [prep]	15
10	they were likely [prep]	14
11	they were likely [prep]	13
12	[noun prp] were likely [prep]	7
13	[conj] were likely [prep]	7
14	[coord] were likely [prep]	5
15	[Wh det] were likely [prep]	5
16	were [adv] likely [prep]	157
17	were [adv] likely [prep]	148
18	were more likely [prep]	84
19	were more likely [prep]	84
20	were less likely [prep]	31
21	were less likely [prep]	31
22	were most likely [prep]	14
23	were most likely [prep]	14
24	were not likely [prep]	9
25	were [not/n't] likely [prep]	9
26	were not likely [prep]	7
27	were likely [verb] [prep]	26
28	were likely [to-vb] [prep]	26