SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pron] were [prep] the time	19
2	[noun] were [prep] the time	11
3	[pers pn] were [prep] the time	10
4	[noun pl] were [prep] the time	9
5	they were [prep] the time	7
6	they were [prep] the time	7
7	were [verb] [prep] the time	84
8	were [vb pp] [prep] the time	61
9	were [adj] [prep] the time	47
10	were [adj] [prep] the time	46
11	were [v-ing] [prep] the time	22
12	were [adv] [prep] the time	16
13	were [adv] [prep] the time	8
14	were [adv prt] [prep] the time	7
15	were [noun] [prep] the time	7
16	were do [prep] the time	6
17	were [noun pl] [prep] the time	6
18	were doing [prep] the time	6
19	were [prep] the [adj] time	13
20	were [prep] the [num ord] time	6
21	were [prep] the first time	6
22	were [prep] the same time	6
23	were [prep] the same time	6
24	were [prep] the first time	6
25	were [prep] the [det] time	6
26	were [prep] the time [prep]	12
27	were [prep] the time [prep]	12
28	were [prep] the time of	11
29	were [prep] the time of	11