The word(s) "were" appears 425 time(s) in 385 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Pickthal translation.

(191) And as for the lad, his parents were believers and we feared lest he should oppress them by rebellion and disbelief.

(192) And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it).

(193) Those whose eyes were hoodwinked from My reminder, and who could not bear to hear.

(194) Say: Though the sea became ink for the Words of my Lord, verily the sea would be used up before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even though We brought the like thereof to help.

(195) So, when he had withdrawn from them and that which they were worshipping beside Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob. Each of them We made a prophet.

(196) These are they unto whom Allah showed favour from among the prophets, of the seed of Adam and of those whom We carried (in the ship) with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and from among those whom We guided and chose. When the revelations of the Beneficent were recited unto them, they fell down, adoring and weeping.

(197) How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!

(198) Say: As for him who is in error, the Beneficent will verily prolong his span of life until, when they behold that which they were promised, whether it be punishment (in the world), or the Hour (of doom), they will know who is worse in position and who is weaker as an army.

(199) Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.

(200) They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed.