SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] for [adj] years	1985
2	[verb] for [num] years	1379
3	[vb pp] for [adj] years	1034
4	[verb] for [det] years	597
5	[verb] for many years	362
6	[verb] for many years	362
7	[vb past] for [adj] years	303
8	[v-ing] for [adj] years	260
9	jail for [adj] years	211
10	[verb] for two years	202
11	[verb] for two years	202
12	jailed for [adj] years	202
13	[verb] for five years	176
14	[verb] for five years	176
15	[verb] for three years	168
16	[verb] for three years	168
17	have for [adj] years	124
18	[verb] for several years	124
19	[verb] for several years	124
20	work for [adj] years	114
21	[verb] for some years	106
22	[verb] for some years	106
23	[to-vb] for [adj] years	105
24	[vb -s] for [adj] years	104
25	[vb infin] for [adj] years	100
26	[verb] for four years	82
27	[verb] for four years	82
28	[vb base] for [adj] years	79
29	last for [adj] years	72
30	live for [adj] years	70