SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [verb] [prep] the years	219
2	have [verb] [prep] the years	192
3	[noun] [verb] [prep] the years	101
4	[be] [verb] [prep] the years	98
5	be [verb] [prep] the years	98
6	[vb base] [verb] [prep] the years	83
7	[adv] [verb] [prep] the years	69
8	have [verb] [prep] the years	69
9	has [verb] [prep] the years	65
10	[vb -s] [verb] [prep] the years	65
11	[been] [verb] [prep] the years	64
12	been [verb] [prep] the years	64
13	[adv] [verb] [prep] the years	60
14	[noun sg] [verb] [prep] the years	47
15	[pron] [verb] [prep] the years	46
16	[vb past] [verb] [prep] the years	45
17	[noun pl] [verb] [prep] the years	40
18	[conj] [verb] [prep] the years	35
19	had [verb] [prep] the years	33
20	[pers pn] [verb] [prep] the years	32
21	[coord] [verb] [prep] the years	31
22	and [verb] [prep] the years	27
23	and [verb] [prep] the years	27
24	[was/were] [verb] [prep] the years	23
25	were [verb] [prep] the years	15
26	[modal v] [verb] [prep] the years	14
27	[vb mod] [verb] [prep] the years	14
28	[vb pp] [verb] [prep] the years	13
29	i [verb] [prep] the years	11
30	i [verb] [prep] the years	11