No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | [noun] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 869 | |
2 | [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 593 | |
3 | [pron] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 477 | |
4 | [pers pn] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 296 | |
5 | they were [verb] [prep] [be] | 183 | |
6 | [noun sg] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 183 | |
7 | they were [verb] [prep] [be] | 179 | |
8 | [Wh det] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 78 | |
9 | [adj] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 72 | |
10 | [Wh pn] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 64 | |
11 | which were [verb] [prep] [be] | 64 | |
12 | which were [verb] [prep] [be] | 64 | |
13 | who were [verb] [prep] [be] | 57 | |
14 | [conj] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 57 | |
15 | who were [verb] [prep] [be] | 57 | |
16 | we were [verb] [prep] [be] | 55 | |
17 | we were [verb] [prep] [be] | 54 | |
18 | [noun prp] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 53 | |
19 | you were [verb] [prep] [be] | 43 | |
20 | you were [verb] [prep] [be] | 43 | |
21 | [n mass] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 40 | |
22 | [coord] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 36 | |
23 | there were [verb] [prep] [be] | 36 | |
24 | there were [verb] [prep] [be] | 36 | |
25 | [ex0] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 36 | |
26 | [det] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 34 | |
27 | and were [verb] [prep] [be] | 30 | |
28 | and were [verb] [prep] [be] | 30 | |
29 | [num] were [verb] [prep] [be] | 29 | |
30 | people were [verb] [prep] [be] | 21 |