| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [conj] [pron] be a few [noun pl] | 100 |
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| 2 | [conj] [ex0] [be] a few [noun pl] | 63 |
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| 3 | [conj] there [be] a few [noun pl] | 63 |
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| 4 | [conj] there [be] a few [noun pl] | 63 |
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| 5 | [subord] [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 51 |
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| 6 | [conj] [pron] [am/are] a few [noun pl] | 45 |
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| 7 | [conj] [pron] are a few [noun pl] | 41 |
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| 8 | [coord] [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 41 |
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| 9 | [conj] [pron] [was/were] a few [noun pl] | 39 |
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| 10 | [conj] [pers pn] [be] a few [noun pl] | 37 |
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| 11 | but [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 29 |
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| 12 | but [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 29 |
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| 13 | [conj] [pron] were a few [noun pl] | 20 |
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| 14 | [conj] [pron] was a few [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 15 | [conj] [pron] [is] a few [noun pl] | 16 |
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| 16 | [conj] [pron] 's a few [noun pl] | 15 |
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| 17 | [conj] [pron] [be] a few years | 14 |
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| 18 | [conj] it [be] a few [noun pl] | 13 |
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| 19 | [conj] it [be] a few [noun pl] | 13 |
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| 20 | and [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 12 |
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| 21 | and [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 12 |
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| 22 | when [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 12 |
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| 23 | when [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 12 |
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| 24 | that [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 8 |
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| 25 | [conj] he [be] a few [noun pl] | 8 |
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| 26 | that [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 8 |
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| 27 | [that] [pron] [be] a few [noun pl] | 8 |
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| 28 | [conj] he [be] a few [noun pl] | 8 |
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| 29 | [conj] [pron] [be] a few things | 7 |
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| 30 | [conj] [pron] [be] a few days | 7 |
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