SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	in the [adj] years	1338
2	in the [adj] years	699
3	in the [num] years	437
4	in the early years	339
5	in the early years	322
6	in the [num ord] years	113
7	in the last years	73
8	in the last years	73
9	in the three years	55
10	in the three years	55
11	in the [adj -er] years	52
12	in the five years	46
13	in the coming years	46
14	in the coming years	46
15	in the five years	46
16	in the two years	44
17	in the two years	44
18	in the intervening years	38
19	in the intervening years	38
20	in the first years	37
21	in the first years	37
22	in the later years	35
23	in the late years	35
24	in the inter-war years	34
25	in the inter-war years	34
26	in the post-war years	33
27	in the post-war years	33
28	in the ten years	28
29	in the following years	28
30	in the ten years	28