SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[prep] the [num ord] [num] years	4474
2	[prep] the [adj] [num] years	2536
3	over the [adj] [num] years	2403
4	[prep] the last [num] years	2366
5	[prep] the last [num] years	2366
6	[prep] the past [num] years	2117
7	[prep] the past [num] years	2117
8	in the [adj] [num] years	1670
9	for the [adj] [num] years	1666
10	[prep] the next [num] years	1658
11	[prep] the next [num] years	1658
12	[prep] the [adj] two years	1071
13	[prep] the [adj] three years	811
14	[prep] the [adj] five years	780
15	during the [adj] [num] years	580
16	[prep] the [adj] ten years	556
17	[prep] the first [num] years	447
18	[prep] the first [num] years	447
19	of the [adj] [num] years	404
20	[prep] the [adj] four years	350
21	[prep] the [adj] 10 years	312
22	[prep] the [adj] 20 years	302
23	[prep] the [adj] twenty years	276
24	[prep] the previous [num] years	217
25	[prep] the previous [num] years	217
26	within the [adj] [num] years	182
27	[prep] the [adj] 30 years	180
28	[prep] the [adj] six years	175
29	[prep] the [adj] thirty years	126
30	[prep] the [adj] 15 years	119