SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	be [adj] for [adj] years	177
2	[be] [adj] for [adj] years	177
3	been [adj] for [adj] years	123
4	[been] [adj] for [adj] years	123
5	[verb] [adj] for [adj] years	102
6	[art] [adj] for [adj] years	76
7	[art] [adj] for [adj] years	76
8	the [adj] for [adj] years	63
9	the [adj] for [adj] years	63
10	[vb pp] [adj] for [adj] years	41
11	[prep] [adj] for [adj] years	38
12	[prep] [adj] for [adj] years	38
13	[adv] [adj] for [adj] years	37
14	[adv] [adj] for [adj] years	36
15	[noun] [adj] for [adj] years	35
16	[pron] [adj] for [adj] years	26
17	remain [adj] for [adj] years	24
18	[vb past] [adj] for [adj] years	22
19	[was/were] [adj] for [adj] years	21
20	[pos pn] [adj] for [adj] years	20
21	[adj] [adj] for [adj] years	19
22	was [adj] for [adj] years	17
23	[v-ing] [adj] for [adj] years	16
24	be [adj] for [adj] years	14
25	[be] [adj] for [adj] years	14
26	[noun sg] [adj] for [adj] years	14
27	stand [adj] for [adj] years	13
28	a [adj] for [adj] years	13
29	do [adj] for [adj] years	13
30	[noun prp] [adj] for [adj] years	13