SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [adv] to [be]	217
2	[noun pl] were [adv] to [be]	143
3	[pron] were [adv] to [be]	90
4	[pers pn] were [adv] to [be]	68
5	[noun sg] were [adv] to [be]	51
6	they were [adv] to [be]	51
7	they were [adv] to [be]	51
8	[adj] were [adv] to [be]	14
9	[noun prp] were [adv] to [be]	14
10	[conj] were [adv] to [be]	13
11	[coord] were [adv] to [be]	11
12	[n mass] were [adv] to [be]	9
13	which were [adv] to [be]	9
14	[Wh det] were [adv] to [be]	9
15	which were [adv] to [be]	9
16	and were [adv] to [be]	8
17	and were [adv] to [be]	8
18	who were [adv] to [be]	7
19	[det] were [adv] to [be]	7
20	[Wh pn] were [adv] to [be]	7
21	who were [adv] to [be]	7
22	you were [adv] to [be]	6
23	you were [adv] to [be]	6
24	we were [adv] to [be]	6
25	we were [adv] to [be]	6
26	there were [adv] to [be]	6
27	there were [adv] to [be]	6
28	[ex0] were [adv] to [be]	6
29	[num] were [adv] to [be]	5
30	were [verb] [adv] to [be]	51