SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] they were [vb pp] and	68
2	[subord] they were [vb pp] and	46
3	[adv] they were [vb pp] and	24
4	[pron] they were [vb pp] and	23
5	[Wh det] they were [vb pp] and	23
6	which they were [vb pp] and	20
7	which they were [vb pp] and	20
8	[Wh adv] they were [vb pp] and	16
9	[noun] they were [vb pp] and	16
10	[prep] they were [vb pp] and	12
11	[prep] they were [vb pp] and	12
12	that they were [vb pp] and	11
13	that they were [vb pp] and	11
14	[that] they were [vb pp] and	11
15	[coord] they were [vb pp] and	11
16	[verb] they were [vb pp] and	10
17	when they were [vb pp] and	10
18	when they were [vb pp] and	10
19	[noun sg] they were [vb pp] and	10
20	before they were [vb pp] and	9
21	before they were [vb pp] and	9
22	of they were [vb pp] and	9
23	of they were [vb pp] and	9
24	how they were [vb pp] and	8
25	how they were [vb pp] and	8
26	but they were [vb pp] and	7
27	but they were [vb pp] and	7
28	as they were [vb pp] and	6
29	as they were [vb pp] and	6
30	where they were [vb pp] and	5