SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] it was [adj] years	65
2	[subord] it was [adj] years	46
3	than it was [adj] years	26
4	than it was [adj] years	26
5	[coord] it was [adj] years	16
6	what it was [adj] years	10
7	[Wh det] it was [adj] years	10
8	what it was [adj] years	10
9	[pron] it was [adj] years	10
10	as it was [adj] years	9
11	and it was [adj] years	9
12	and it was [adj] years	9
13	as it was [adj] years	9
14	[verb] it was [adj] years	8
15	but it was [adj] years	7
16	but it was [adj] years	7
17	[noun] it was [adj] years	5
18	[vb base] it was [adj] years	5
19	it was [adv] [adj] years	69
20	it was [adv] [adj] years	67
21	it was [verb] [adj] years	25
22	it was [vb pp] [adj] years	23
23	it was only [adj] years	21
24	it was only [adj] years	21
25	it was [adj] [adj] years	21
26	it was [art] [adj] years	16
27	it was [art] [adj] years	16
28	it was [det] [adj] years	15
29	it was about [adj] years	14
30	it was about [adj] years	14