SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] for a few years	61
2	[noun sg] for a few years	47
3	[verb] for a few years	34
4	[adv] for a few years	21
5	[adv] for a few years	16
6	[vb pp] for a few years	14
7	[pron] for a few years	14
8	[adj] for a few years	10
9	[pers pn] for a few years	10
10	[adj] for a few years	10
11	[noun prp] for a few years	8
12	[v-ing] for a few years	8
13	[noun pl] for a few years	6
14	[coord] for a few years	6
15	[conj] for a few years	6
16	and for a few years	5
17	[adv prt] for a few years	5
18	[vb infin] for a few years	5
19	it for a few years	5
20	[vb past] for a few years	5
21	it for a few years	5
22	and for a few years	5
23	for [adv] a few years	17
24	for [adv] a few years	17
25	for quite a few years	13
26	for quite a few years	13
27	for a [adj] few years	6
28	for a [adj] few years	6
29	for a good few years	5
30	for a good few years	5