SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun sg] [prep] the past	1402
2	[noun] over the past	873
3	[noun pl] [prep] the past	805
4	[noun] in the past	620
5	[noun] for the past	455
6	[noun] of the past	330
7	[noun prp] [prep] the past	253
8	[noun] during the past	197
9	[n mass] [prep] the past	70
10	time [prep] the past	64
11	times [prep] the past	38
12	event [prep] the past	35
13	events [prep] the past	34
14	country [prep] the past	29
15	time [prep] the past	26
16	country [prep] the past	24
17	[noun] within the past	22
18	experience [prep] the past	22
19	britain [prep] the past	20
20	britain [prep] the past	20
21	change [prep] the past	20
22	occasions [prep] the past	17
23	area [prep] the past	17
24	occasion [prep] the past	17
25	experience [prep] the past	17
26	industry [prep] the past	16
27	development [prep] the past	16
28	place [prep] the past	15
29	life [prep] the past	14
30	place [prep] the past	14