SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] [prep] be	863
2	[noun] were [verb] to be	863
3	[noun] were [verb] to be	863
4	[noun] were [vb pp] [prep] be	762
5	[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] be	593
6	[noun sg] were [verb] [prep] be	183
7	[noun] were find [prep] be	122
8	[noun] were found [prep] be	122
9	[noun] were [v-ing] [prep] be	105
10	[noun] were say [prep] be	91
11	[noun] were said [prep] be	91
12	[noun] were going [prep] be	61
13	[noun] were go [prep] be	61
14	[noun] were report [prep] be	57
15	[noun] were expect [prep] be	57
16	[noun] were reported [prep] be	57
17	[noun] were expected [prep] be	56
18	[noun prp] were [verb] [prep] be	53
19	[noun] were thought [prep] be	52
20	[noun] were think [prep] be	52
21	[n mass] were [verb] [prep] be	40
22	[noun] were consider [prep] be	36
23	[noun] were considered [prep] be	36
24	[noun] were hold [prep] be	28
25	[noun] were held [prep] be	28
26	[noun] were deem [prep] be	27
27	[noun] were deemed [prep] be	27
28	[noun] were believe [prep] be	22
29	[noun] were believed [prep] be	22
30	people were [verb] [prep] be	21