SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] for [num] years	1379
2	[vb pp] for [adj] years	1034
3	[verb] for [det] years	597
4	[verb] for many years	362
5	[verb] for many years	362
6	[vb past] for [adj] years	303
7	[v-ing] for [adj] years	260
8	jail for [adj] years	211
9	jailed for [adj] years	202
10	[verb] for two years	202
11	[verb] for two years	202
12	[verb] for five years	176
13	[verb] for five years	176
14	[verb] for three years	168
15	[verb] for three years	168
16	[verb] for several years	124
17	have for [adj] years	124
18	[verb] for several years	124
19	work for [adj] years	114
20	[verb] for some years	106
21	[verb] for some years	106
22	[to-vb] for [adj] years	105
23	[vb -s] for [adj] years	104
24	[vb infin] for [adj] years	100
25	[verb] for four years	82
26	[verb] for four years	82
27	[vb base] for [adj] years	79
28	last for [adj] years	72
29	live for [adj] years	70
30	run for [adj] years	66