No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | be for [det] years | 73 | |
2 | be for [num] years | 67 | |
3 | be for many years | 55 | |
4 | be for many years | 55 | |
5 | been for [adj] years | 53 | |
6 | was for [adj] years | 50 | |
7 | is for [adj] years | 16 | |
8 | be for two years | 14 | |
9 | be for two years | 14 | |
10 | be for some years | 13 | |
11 | be for some years | 13 | |
12 | be for [adj] years | 12 | |
13 | be for three years | 10 | |
14 | be for three years | 10 | |
15 | were for [adj] years | 8 | |
16 | be for five years | 6 | |
17 | be for five years | 6 |