SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[adj] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	64
2	[adj] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	49
3	[art] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	27
4	[art] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	27
5	the [noun pl] were [adv] to be	26
6	the [noun pl] were [adv] to be	26
7	[noun] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	24
8	[noun sg] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	20
9	[conj] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	10
10	[pron] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	9
11	[pos pn] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	8
12	[det] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	8
13	[coord] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	6
14	and [noun pl] were [adv] to be	6
15	and [noun pl] were [adv] to be	6
16	[num] [noun pl] were [adv] to be	5
17	his [noun pl] were [adv] to be	5
18	his [noun pl] were [adv] to be	5
19	[noun pl] [pron] were [adv] to be	7
20	[noun pl] were [adv] [adv] to be	18
21	[noun pl] were [verb] [adv] to be	17
22	[noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] to be	16
23	[noun pl] were [adv] [adv] to be	12
24	[noun pl] were not [adv] to be	6
25	[noun pl] were [not/n't] [adv] to be	6
26	[noun pl] were [adv] [verb] to be	103
27	[noun pl] were [adv] [adj] to be	97
28	[noun pl] were [adv] [adj] to be	97
29	[noun pl] were [adv] [vb pp] to be	89
30	[noun pl] were [adv] likely to be	70