No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | a few [noun] [was/were] [verb] | 65 | |
2 | a few [noun] [was/were] [vb pp] | 46 | |
3 | a few [noun] [was/were] [adv] | 27 | |
4 | a few [noun] [was/were] [adv] | 22 | |
5 | a few [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] | 19 | |
6 | a few [noun] [was/were] [adj] | 18 | |
7 | a few [noun] [was/were] [adj] | 17 | |
8 | a few [noun] [was/were] [prep] | 5 | |
9 | a few [noun] [was/were] [prep] | 5 | |
10 | [adv] a few [noun] [was/were] | 32 | |
11 | [adv] a few [noun] [was/were] | 26 | |
12 | [conj] a few [noun] [was/were] | 23 | |
13 | [prep] a few [noun] [was/were] | 20 | |
14 | [prep] a few [noun] [was/were] | 20 | |
15 | only a few [noun] [was/were] | 17 | |
16 | only a few [noun] [was/were] | 17 | |
17 | [coord] a few [noun] [was/were] | 12 | |
18 | and a few [noun] [was/were] | 10 | |
19 | and a few [noun] [was/were] | 10 | |
20 | [subord] a few [noun] [was/were] | 7 | |
21 | quite a few [noun] [was/were] | 5 | |
22 | in a few [noun] [was/were] | 5 | |
23 | quite a few [noun] [was/were] | 5 | |
24 | [noun] a few [noun] [was/were] | 5 | |
25 | in a few [noun] [was/were] | 5 | |
26 | a few [adj] [noun] [was/were] | 55 | |
27 | a few [adj] [noun] [was/were] | 43 | |
28 | a few [noun] [noun] [was/were] | 20 | |
29 | a few [noun pl] [noun] [was/were] | 13 | |
30 | a few [num] [noun] [was/were] | 8 |