SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [verb] to be	863
2	[noun pl] were [verb] to be	590
3	[pron] were [verb] to be	456
4	[pers pn] were [verb] to be	279
5	[noun sg] were [verb] to be	183
6	they were [verb] to be	180
7	they were [verb] to be	176
8	[Wh det] were [verb] to be	77
9	[adj] were [verb] to be	72
10	[Wh pn] were [verb] to be	64
11	which were [verb] to be	63
12	which were [verb] to be	63
13	who were [verb] to be	57
14	who were [verb] to be	57
15	[conj] were [verb] to be	54
16	we were [verb] to be	51
17	[noun prp] were [verb] to be	51
18	we were [verb] to be	50
19	[n mass] were [verb] to be	39
20	you were [verb] to be	36
21	you were [verb] to be	36
22	[coord] were [verb] to be	35
23	[det] were [verb] to be	34
24	there were [verb] to be	33
25	[ex0] were [verb] to be	33
26	there were [verb] to be	33
27	and were [verb] to be	29
28	and were [verb] to be	29
29	[num] were [verb] to be	29
30	people were [verb] to be	20