No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | have been [verb] for some years | 24 | |
2 | [verb] been [vb pp] for some years | 15 | |
3 | had been [verb] for some years | 11 | |
4 | [vb past] been [verb] for some years | 11 | |
5 | [vb -s] been [verb] for some years | 10 | |
6 | [verb] been [v-ing] for some years | 9 | |
7 | has been [verb] for some years | 8 |