SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [adj] [prep] the [noun]	2030
2	were [adj] [prep] the [noun sg]	1583
3	were [adj] [prep] the [adj]	683
4	were [adj] [prep] the [adj]	536
5	were [adj] [prep] the [noun pl]	342
6	were [adj] [prep] the [noun prp]	87
7	were [adj] [prep] the [num]	64
8	were [adj] [prep] the [num ord]	49
9	were [adj] [prep] the time	46
10	were [adj] [prep] the time	46
11	were [adj] [prep] the way	43
12	were [adj] [prep] the way	41
13	were [adj] [prep] the first	27
14	were [adj] [prep] the first	27
15	were [adj] [prep] the [adv]	24
16	were [adj] [prep] the [adv]	24
17	were [adj] [prep] the result	20
18	were [adj] [prep] the [det]	15
19	were [adj] [prep] the two	14
20	were [adj] [prep] the early	14
21	were [adj] [prep] the fact	14
22	were [adj] [prep] the two	14
23	were [adj] [prep] the end	14
24	were [adj] [prep] the end	14
25	were [adj] [prep] the new	13
26	were [adj] [prep] the need	13
27	were [adj] [prep] the idea	13
28	were [adj] [prep] the world	13
29	were [adj] [prep] the world	13
30	were [adj] [prep] the idea	13