SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pron] were [v-ing] to be	147
2	[pers pn] were [v-ing] to be	128
3	[noun] were [v-ing] to be	100
4	[noun pl] were [v-ing] to be	70
5	they were [v-ing] to be	62
6	they were [v-ing] to be	60
7	we were [v-ing] to be	34
8	we were [v-ing] to be	34
9	you were [v-ing] to be	25
10	you were [v-ing] to be	25
11	[noun sg] were [v-ing] to be	16
12	[ex0] were [v-ing] to be	13
13	there were [v-ing] to be	13
14	there were [v-ing] to be	13
15	[noun prp] were [v-ing] to be	7
16	[n mass] were [v-ing] to be	7
17	[adj] were [v-ing] to be	6
18	things were [v-ing] to be	6
19	thing were [v-ing] to be	6
20	people were [v-ing] to be	5
21	[conj] were [v-ing] to be	5
22	people were [v-ing] to be	5
23	were [adv] [v-ing] to be	67
24	were [adv] [v-ing] to be	44
25	were [not/n't] [v-ing] to be	23
26	were not [v-ing] to be	23
27	were not [v-ing] to be	12
28	were n't [v-ing] to be	11
29	were only [v-ing] to be	8
30	were only [v-ing] to be	8