| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] [prep] only a few [noun pl] | 54 |
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| 2 | [verb] [prep] only a few [noun pl] | 54 |
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| 3 | [vb pp] [prep] only a few [noun pl] | 33 |
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| 4 | [verb] for only a few [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 5 | [verb] for only a few [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 6 | [verb] by only a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 7 | [verb] by only a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 8 | [verb] to only a few [noun pl] | 9 |
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| 9 | [verb] to only a few [noun pl] | 9 |
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| 10 | [verb] [prep] only a few hours | 9 |
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| 11 | [verb] [prep] only a few minutes | 6 |
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| 12 | [verb] [prep] only a few months | 6 |
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| 13 | [vb infin] [prep] only a few [noun pl] | 5 |
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