SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	95
2	[noun pl] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	66
3	[pron] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	37
4	[pers pn] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	27
5	[noun sg] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	15
6	they were [verb] to be [v-ing]	14
7	they were [verb] to be [v-ing]	13
8	[n mass] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	7
9	[noun prp] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	7
10	[Wh pn] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	7
11	[conj] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	7
12	who were [verb] to be [v-ing]	6
13	who were [verb] to be [v-ing]	6
14	[coord] were [verb] to be [v-ing]	6
15	we were [verb] to be [v-ing]	5
16	you were [verb] to be [v-ing]	5
17	people were [verb] to be [v-ing]	5
18	and were [verb] to be [v-ing]	5
19	we were [verb] to be [v-ing]	5
20	people were [verb] to be [v-ing]	5
21	and were [verb] to be [v-ing]	5
22	you were [verb] to be [v-ing]	5
23	were [adv] [verb] to be [v-ing]	16
24	were [adv] [verb] to be [v-ing]	13
25	were [verb] [adv] to be [v-ing]	5
26	were [verb] to be [adv] [v-ing]	6
27	were [verb] to be [adv] [v-ing]	6
28	were [verb] to be [v-ing] [prep]	37
29	were [verb] to be [v-ing] [prep]	37
30	were [verb] to be [v-ing] [adv]	25