SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [verb] to [be]	1619
2	were [vb pp] to [be]	1347
3	were [adj] to [be]	536
4	were [adj] to [be]	512
5	were [adv] to [be]	367
6	were [v-ing] to [be]	268
7	were [adv] to [be]	205
8	were going to [be]	198
9	were go to [be]	198
10	were found to [be]	192
11	were find to [be]	192
12	were said to [be]	152
13	were say to [be]	152
14	were supposed to [be]	150
15	were supposed to [be]	150
16	were not to [be]	131
17	were [not/n't] to [be]	131
18	were not to [be]	126
19	were likely to [be]	111
20	were likely to [be]	111
21	were thought to [be]	100
22	were think to [be]	100
23	were expect to [be]	100
24	were expected to [be]	95
25	were report to [be]	80
26	were reported to [be]	80
27	were consider to [be]	70
28	were considered to [be]	70
29	were meant to [be]	49
30	were mean to [be]	49