| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [prep] [num] years [verb] | 467 |
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| 2 | for [adj] years [verb] | 395 |
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| 3 | [prep] [adj] years [verb] | 330 |
|
| 4 | in [adj] years [verb] | 329 |
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| 5 | [prep] [adj] years have | 325 |
|
| 6 | [prep] [adj] years [to-vb] | 318 |
|
| 7 | [prep] [det] years [verb] | 307 |
|
| 8 | [prep] recent years [verb] | 276 |
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| 9 | [prep] recent years [verb] | 276 |
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| 10 | [prep] [adj] years [vb -s] | 225 |
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| 11 | [prep] [adj] years [vb past] | 223 |
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| 12 | [prep] many years [verb] | 195 |
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| 13 | [prep] many years [verb] | 195 |
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| 14 | [prep] [adj] years has | 175 |
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| 15 | [prep] [adj] years [v-ing] | 150 |
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| 16 | of [adj] years [verb] | 142 |
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| 17 | [prep] [adj] years [vb base] | 135 |
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| 18 | [prep] [adj] years come | 105 |
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| 19 | [prep] [adj] years to come | 100 |
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| 20 | to [adj] years [verb] | 84 |
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| 21 | [prep] [adj] years [vb pp] | 79 |
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| 22 | [prep] [adj] years have | 76 |
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| 23 | after [adj] years [verb] | 71 |
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| 24 | [prep] [adj] years had | 65 |
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| 25 | [prep] two years [verb] | 61 |
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| 26 | [prep] two years [verb] | 61 |
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| 27 | [prep] three years [verb] | 52 |
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| 28 | [prep] three years [verb] | 52 |
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| 29 | [prep] several years [verb] | 40 |
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| 30 | [prep] several years [verb] | 40 |
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