SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	70
2	[noun] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	27
3	[vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	26
4	[adv] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	16
5	[conj] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	16
6	[noun sg] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	15
7	[adv] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	13
8	[coord] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	13
9	[be] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	12
10	[noun pl] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	12
11	be [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	12
12	and [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	11
13	and [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	11
14	[vb past] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	10
15	[v-ing] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	8
16	[to-vb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	8
17	[was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	7
18	was [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	6
19	[vb base] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	6
20	[vb -s] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	6
21	[vb infin] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	6
22	[prep] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	5
23	[prep] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	5
24	[adj] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	5
25	[adv] [adj] [prep] the [adj] years	49
26	[adv] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	46
27	[adv] [adj] [prep] the [adj] years	34
28	[adv] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] years	26
29	[adv] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	16
30	[adv] [adv] [prep] the [adj] years	15