| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [be] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 227 |
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| 2 | be [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 227 |
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| 3 | [be] [verb] [prep] a few [noun pl] | 211 |
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| 4 | [be] [vb pp] [prep] a few [noun] | 184 |
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| 5 | [be] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 74 |
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| 6 | be [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 74 |
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| 7 | [be] [verb] in a few [noun] | 58 |
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| 8 | [be] [verb] in a few [noun] | 58 |
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| 9 | [was/were] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 54 |
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| 10 | [be] [verb] for a few [noun] | 52 |
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| 11 | [be] [verb] for a few [noun] | 52 |
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| 12 | [been] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 41 |
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| 13 | been [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 41 |
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| 14 | [be] [v-ing] [prep] a few [noun] | 40 |
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| 15 | [be] [verb] within a few [noun] | 37 |
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| 16 | [be] [verb] within a few [noun] | 37 |
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| 17 | was [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 35 |
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| 18 | [be] [verb] [prep] a few day | 34 |
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| 19 | [be] [verb] [prep] a few days | 34 |
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| 20 | [am/are] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 30 |
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| 21 | [be] [verb] [prep] a few year | 27 |
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| 22 | [be] [verb] [prep] a few week | 27 |
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| 23 | [be] [verb] [prep] a few weeks | 27 |
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| 24 | [be] [verb] [prep] a few years | 25 |
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| 25 | [is] [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 24 |
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| 26 | are [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 23 |
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| 27 | is [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 22 |
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| 28 | [be] [verb] to a few [noun] | 19 |
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| 29 | were [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 19 |
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| 30 | [be] [verb] to a few [noun] | 19 |
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