SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [det] [noun pl]	1579
2	were [det] [noun sg]	468
3	were all [noun]	409
4	were some [noun]	362
5	were many [noun]	290
6	were several [noun]	219
7	were few [noun]	147
8	were more [noun]	137
9	were any [noun]	136
10	were [det] [n mass]	111
11	were [det] people	96
12	were both [noun]	95
13	were [det] people	94
14	were these [noun]	85
15	were [det] sort	55
16	were [det] [noun prp]	46
17	were those [noun]	44
18	were fewer [noun]	43
19	were [det] thing	42
20	were [det] member	42
21	were [det] members	42
22	were [det] things	41
23	were another [noun]	39
24	were that [noun]	38
25	were former [noun]	38
26	were such [noun]	37
27	were [det] kind	35
28	were [det] part	33
29	were this [noun]	31
30	were [det] sorts	30