SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	86
2	be [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	77
3	[be] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	77
4	[verb] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	63
5	have [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	52
6	[adv] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	46
7	[noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	45
8	[adv] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	42
9	[was/were] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	36
10	[pron] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	32
11	[noun pl] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	32
12	[vb past] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	27
13	had [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	22
14	was [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	22
15	[pers pn] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	21
16	[conj] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	20
17	been [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	18
18	[been] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	18
19	[adj] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	18
20	[vb -s] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	17
21	were [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	14
22	has [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	14
23	[vb base] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	13
24	[be] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	12
25	be [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	12
26	[coord] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	11
27	and [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	10
28	[Wh det] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	10
29	[det] [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	10
30	and [verb] [prep] the [adj] years	10