SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	257
2	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	194
3	[pron] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	68
4	[pers pn] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	38
5	[noun sg] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	33
6	they were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	27
7	they were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	23
8	[Wh det] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	21
9	[noun prp] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	21
10	which were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	20
11	which were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	20
12	[conj] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	18
13	[adj] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	13
14	[coord] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	11
15	[n mass] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	9
16	who were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	8
17	we were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	8
18	[Wh pn] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	8
19	we were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	8
20	who were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	8
21	[that] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	7
22	that were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	7
23	[num] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	7
24	that were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	7
25	and were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	6
26	[det] were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	6
27	and were [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	6
28	were [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	52
29	were [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	42
30	were not [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord]	10