SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[prep] the [adj] few years	1362
2	[prep] the [num ord] [det] years	938
3	over the [adj] [det] years	580
4	[prep] the last [det] years	489
5	[prep] the last [det] years	489
6	in the [adj] [det] years	457
7	[prep] the [adj] [det] years	433
8	[prep] the past [det] years	417
9	[prep] the past [det] years	417
10	[prep] the next [det] years	382
11	[prep] the next [det] years	382
12	for the [adj] [det] years	133
13	during the [adj] [det] years	95
14	[prep] the first [det] years	67
15	[prep] the first [det] years	67
16	of the [adj] [det] years	61
17	within the [adj] [det] years	34
18	[prep] the previous [det] years	13
19	[prep] the previous [det] years	13
20	[prep] the [adj] several years	9