SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] were [adj] [prep] the	1450
2	[noun pl] were [adj] [prep] the	989
3	[pron] were [adj] [prep] the	835
4	[pers pn] were [adj] [prep] the	552
5	they were [adj] [prep] the	347
6	they were [adj] [prep] the	338
7	[noun sg] were [adj] [prep] the	294
8	[Wh pn] were [adj] [prep] the	191
9	who were [adj] [prep] the	186
10	who were [adj] [prep] the	186
11	[conj] were [adj] [prep] the	163
12	we were [adj] [prep] the	132
13	we were [adj] [prep] the	129
14	[adj] were [adj] [prep] the	114
15	[noun prp] were [adj] [prep] the	112
16	[Wh det] were [adj] [prep] the	87
17	which were [adj] [prep] the	87
18	which were [adj] [prep] the	87
19	[coord] were [adj] [prep] the	83
20	[that] were [adj] [prep] the	76
21	that were [adj] [prep] the	76
22	that were [adj] [prep] the	76
23	and were [adj] [prep] the	66
24	and were [adj] [prep] the	66
25	[det] were [adj] [prep] the	60
26	you were [adj] [prep] the	52
27	you were [adj] [prep] the	52
28	[n mass] were [adj] [prep] the	51
29	[num] were [adj] [prep] the	34
30	people were [adj] [prep] the	25