SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] was [vb pp] for [adj] years	86
2	[noun sg] was [vb pp] for [adj] years	52
3	[pron] was [vb pp] for [adj] years	35
4	[pers pn] was [vb pp] for [adj] years	28
5	[noun prp] was [vb pp] for [adj] years	24
6	he was [vb pp] for [adj] years	22
7	he was [vb pp] for [adj] years	22
8	man was [vb pp] for [adj] years	11
9	man was [vb pp] for [adj] years	11
10	[noun pl] was [vb pp] for [adj] years	10
11	[conj] was [vb pp] for [adj] years	8
12	and was [vb pp] for [adj] years	8
13	and was [vb pp] for [adj] years	8
14	[coord] was [vb pp] for [adj] years	8
15	[Wh pn] was [vb pp] for [adj] years	6
16	who was [vb pp] for [adj] years	6
17	who was [vb pp] for [adj] years	6
18	was [adv] [vb pp] for [adj] years	15
19	was [adv] [vb pp] for [adj] years	14
20	was yesterday [vb pp] for [adj] years	5
21	was yesterday [vb pp] for [adj] years	5
22	was [vb pp] [adv] for [adj] years	10
23	was [vb pp] [adv prt] for [adj] years	6
24	was [vb pp] for [adv] [adj] years	6
25	was [vb pp] for [adv] [adj] years	6
26	was [vb pp] for [adj] years [prep]	83
27	was [vb pp] for [adj] years [prep]	83
28	was [vb pp] for [adj] years [adv]	35
29	was [vb pp] for [adj] years [adv]	35
30	was [vb pp] for [adj] years yesterday	31