SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] [prep] the [num] years	425
2	[noun sg] [prep] the [num] years	271
3	[noun] in the [num] years	122
4	[noun] in the [num] years	122
5	[noun pl] [prep] the [num] years	111
6	[noun] of the [num] years	93
7	[noun] of the [num] years	93
8	[noun] during the [num] years	62
9	[noun] during the [num] years	62
10	[noun] over the [num] years	60
11	[noun] over the [num] years	60
12	[noun] [prep] the three years	55
13	[noun] for the [num] years	46
14	[noun] for the [num] years	46
15	[noun] [prep] the two years	44
16	[noun] [prep] the five years	41
17	[noun prp] [prep] the [num] years	35
18	[noun] [prep] the hundred years	35
19	[noun] [prep] the seven years	33
20	end [prep] the [num] years	29
21	[noun] [prep] the ten years	29
22	end [prep] the [num] years	29
23	[noun] [prep] the four years	26
24	[noun] [prep] the thirty years	26
25	time [prep] the [num] years	20
26	time [prep] the [num] years	15
27	[noun] [prep] the 10 years	14
28	[noun] [prep] the six years	12
29	[noun] [prep] the eight years	12
30	[noun] [prep] the twenty years	9