SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	3871
2	were [vb pp] [prep] the [adj]	3400
3	were [verb] [prep] the [adj]	2736
4	were [verb] in the [adj]	922
5	were [verb] by the [adj]	749
6	were [verb] [prep] the [num ord]	424
7	were [v-ing] [prep] the [adj]	410
8	were [verb] to the [adj]	370
9	were [verb] [prep] the [num]	321
10	were [verb] [prep] the [det]	260
11	were [verb] from the [adj]	255
12	were [verb] [prep] the same	226
13	were [verb] [prep] the same	226
14	were [verb] on the [adj]	219
15	were [verb] for the [adj]	208
16	were [verb] with the [adj]	195
17	were [verb] at the [adj]	193
18	were [verb] [prep] the first	174
19	were [verb] [prep] the first	174
20	were make [prep] the [adj]	109
21	were made [prep] the [adj]	108
22	were [verb] during the [adj]	97
23	were [verb] into the [adj]	95
24	were [verb] as the [adj]	68
25	were [verb] [prep] the [adj -est]	67
26	were [verb] [prep] the [adj -er]	63
27	were [to-vb] [prep] the [adj]	61
28	were [verb] [prep] the new	59
29	were [verb] [prep] the new	59
30	were taken [prep] the [adj]	57