SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [adv] [vb pp] and	434
2	[noun pl] were [adv] [vb pp] and	319
3	[pron] were [adv] [vb pp] and	104
4	[pers pn] were [adv] [vb pp] and	77
5	[noun sg] were [adv] [vb pp] and	71
6	they were [adv] [vb pp] and	57
7	they were [adv] [vb pp] and	55
8	[adj] were [adv] [vb pp] and	41
9	[noun prp] were [adv] [vb pp] and	29
10	[det] were [adv] [vb pp] and	20
11	[Wh det] were [adv] [vb pp] and	19
12	which were [adv] [vb pp] and	19
13	which were [adv] [vb pp] and	19
14	we were [adv] [vb pp] and	17
15	we were [adv] [vb pp] and	17
16	[conj] were [adv] [vb pp] and	16
17	[n mass] were [adv] [vb pp] and	15
18	[num] were [adv] [vb pp] and	15
19	these were [adv] [vb pp] and	13
20	these were [adv] [vb pp] and	13
21	[coord] were [adv] [vb pp] and	9
22	who were [adv] [vb pp] and	8
23	[Wh pn] were [adv] [vb pp] and	8
24	who were [adv] [vb pp] and	8
25	people were [adv] [vb pp] and	8
26	people were [adv] [vb pp] and	8
27	[that] were [adv] [vb pp] and	7
28	that were [adv] [vb pp] and	7
29	that were [adv] [vb pp] and	7
30	house were [adv] [vb pp] and	7