SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] there were	836
2	[vb past] there were	454
3	say there were	216
4	said there were	165
5	[vb base] there were	143
6	[vb pp] there were	86
7	think there were	85
8	know there were	79
9	[vb infin] there were	64
10	knew there were	41
11	thought there were	39
12	mean there were	37
13	[vb -s] there were	34
14	[v-ing] there were	32
15	think there were	28
16	mean there were	26
17	see there were	24
18	[to-vb] there were	23
19	believe there were	22
20	know there were	17
21	think there were	15
22	find there were	15
23	realise there were	15
24	claim there were	14
25	found there were	14
26	wish there were	14
27	hear there were	13
28	say there were	13
29	know there were	12
30	notice there were	12