SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] was [verb] for [adj] years	88
2	[noun sg] was [verb] for [adj] years	54
3	[pron] was [verb] for [adj] years	44
4	[pers pn] was [verb] for [adj] years	34
5	he was [verb] for [adj] years	26
6	he was [verb] for [adj] years	26
7	[noun prp] was [verb] for [adj] years	24
8	man was [verb] for [adj] years	11
9	man was [verb] for [adj] years	11
10	[noun pl] was [verb] for [adj] years	10
11	and was [verb] for [adj] years	8
12	and was [verb] for [adj] years	8
13	[coord] was [verb] for [adj] years	8
14	[conj] was [verb] for [adj] years	8
15	[Wh pn] was [verb] for [adj] years	6
16	who was [verb] for [adj] years	6
17	who was [verb] for [adj] years	6
18	was [adv] [verb] for [adj] years	18
19	was [adv] [verb] for [adj] years	14
20	was yesterday [verb] for [adj] years	5
21	was yesterday [verb] for [adj] years	5
22	was [verb] [adv] for [adj] years	12
23	was [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] years	8
24	was [verb] [noun sg] for [adj] years	6
25	was [verb] [noun] for [adj] years	6
26	was [verb] for [adv] [adj] years	9
27	was [verb] for [adv] [adj] years	9
28	was [verb] for [adj] [adj] years	7
29	was [verb] for [det] [adj] years	6
30	was [verb] for [adj] [adj] years	7