| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | a few [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] | 57 |
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| 2 | a few [noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] | 43 |
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| 3 | a few [noun pl] [was/were] [adv] | 22 |
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| 4 | a few [noun pl] [was/were] [adv] | 18 |
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| 5 | a few [noun pl] [was/were] [adj] | 15 |
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| 6 | a few [noun pl] [was/were] [adj] | 14 |
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| 7 | a few [noun pl] [was/were] [v-ing] | 14 |
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| 8 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 27 |
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| 9 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 23 |
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| 10 | [conj] a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 20 |
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| 11 | [prep] a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 19 |
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| 12 | [prep] a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 19 |
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| 13 | only a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 14 |
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| 14 | only a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 14 |
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| 15 | [coord] a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 9 |
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| 16 | and a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 8 |
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| 17 | and a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 8 |
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| 18 | [subord] a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 7 |
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| 19 | quite a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 5 |
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| 20 | in a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 5 |
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| 21 | quite a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 5 |
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| 22 | in a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 5 |
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| 23 | [noun] a few [noun pl] [was/were] | 5 |
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| 24 | a few [adj] [noun pl] [was/were] | 49 |
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| 25 | a few [adj] [noun pl] [was/were] | 40 |
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| 26 | a few [noun] [noun pl] [was/were] | 9 |
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| 27 | a few [num] [noun pl] [was/were] | 7 |
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| 28 | a few [noun sg] [noun pl] [was/were] | 5 |
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| 29 | a few [noun pl] [pron] [was/were] | 98 |
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| 30 | a few [noun pl] [pers pn] [was/were] | 76 |
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