SN4 ""

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