SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] because [prep]	51
2	[noun pl] were [verb] because [prep]	36
3	[pron] were [verb] because [prep]	11
4	[noun sg] were [verb] because [prep]	9
5	[pers pn] were [verb] because [prep]	7
6	were [adv] [verb] because [prep]	20
7	were [adv] [verb] because [prep]	12
8	were [not/n't] [verb] because [prep]	8
9	were not [verb] because [prep]	8
10	were not [verb] because [prep]	6
11	were [verb] [adv] because [prep]	12
12	were [verb] [adv prt] because [prep]	6
13	were [verb] [adv] because [prep]	6
14	were [verb] because [prep] [art]	34
15	were [verb] because [prep] [art]	34
16	were [verb] because [prep] the	29
17	were [verb] because [prep] the	29
18	were [verb] because [prep] [adj]	17
19	were [verb] because [prep] [adj]	14
20	were [verb] because [prep] [noun]	13
21	were [verb] because [prep] [pron]	6
22	were [verb] because [prep] [pos pn]	6
23	were [verb] because [prep] [noun sg]	6
24	were [verb] because [prep] their	5
25	were [verb] because [prep] their	5
26	were [verb] because [prep] a	5
27	were [verb] because [prep] [noun pl]	5