SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
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	it were [prep] be	30
27	these were [prep] be	30
28	these were [prep] be	30
29	[coord] were [prep] be	29
30	[n mass] were [prep] be	28