No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [noun] were [prep] [be] | 1427 | |
2 | [noun pl] were [prep] [be] | 925 | |
3 | [pron] were [prep] [be] | 460 | |
4 | [noun sg] were [prep] [be] | 399 | |
5 | [pers pn] were [prep] [be] | 258 | |
6 | they were [prep] [be] | 184 | |
7 | they were [prep] [be] | 180 | |
8 | [adj] were [prep] [be] | 122 | |
9 | [Wh det] were [prep] [be] | 73 | |
10 | [noun prp] were [prep] [be] | 73 | |
11 | there were [prep] [be] | 69 | |
12 | [ex0] were [prep] [be] | 69 | |
13 | there were [prep] [be] | 69 | |
14 | which were [prep] [be] | 67 | |
15 | which were [prep] [be] | 67 | |
16 | [det] were [prep] [be] | 66 | |
17 | [conj] were [prep] [be] | 64 | |
18 | [Wh pn] were [prep] [be] | 51 | |
19 | who were [prep] [be] | 48 | |
20 | who were [prep] [be] | 48 | |
21 | [num] were [prep] [be] | 42 | |
22 | [that] were [prep] [be] | 34 | |
23 | that were [prep] [be] | 34 | |
24 | that were [prep] [be] | 34 | |
25 | it were [prep] [be] | 30 | |
26 | these were [prep] [be] | 30 | |
27 | these were [prep] [be] | 30 | |
28 | it were [prep] [be] | 30 | |
29 | [coord] were [prep] [be] | 29 | |
30 | [n mass] were [prep] [be] | 28 |