SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] for a few	742
2	[noun sg] for a few	570
3	[verb] for a few	484
4	[adv] for a few	422
5	[adv] for a few	273
6	[pron] for a few	185
7	[pers pn] for a few	164
8	[adv prt] for a few	146
9	[adj] for a few	129
10	[conj] for a few	120
11	[vb past] for a few	118
12	[adj] for a few	97
13	[noun pl] for a few	93
14	[vb pp] for a few	90
15	[vb base] for a few	79
16	[v-ing] for a few	75
17	[noun prp] for a few	73
18	[subord] for a few	58
19	[to-vb] for a few	57
20	[coord] for a few	57
21	[vb infin] for a few	56
22	except for a few	50
23	except for a few	50
24	and for a few	46
25	and for a few	46
26	it for a few	43
27	it for a few	43
28	there for a few	33
29	there for a few	33
30	on for a few	32