| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a couple [prep] | 1834 |
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| 2 | [verb] a couple of | 1791 |
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| 3 | [vb past] a couple [prep] | 547 |
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| 4 | [vb pp] a couple [prep] | 341 |
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| 5 | [vb base] a couple [prep] | 272 |
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| 6 | have a couple [prep] | 259 |
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| 7 | [vb infin] a couple [prep] | 230 |
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| 8 | [to-vb] a couple [prep] | 199 |
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| 9 | get a couple [prep] | 154 |
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| 10 | take a couple [prep] | 153 |
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| 11 | [v-ing] a couple [prep] | 149 |
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| 12 | [vb -s] a couple [prep] | 96 |
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| 13 | had a couple [prep] | 83 |
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| 14 | got a couple [prep] | 79 |
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| 15 | took a couple [prep] | 61 |
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| 16 | do a couple [prep] | 60 |
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| 17 | make a couple [prep] | 54 |
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| 18 | have a couple [prep] | 49 |
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| 19 | had a couple [prep] | 46 |
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| 20 | spend a couple [prep] | 44 |
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| 21 | put a couple [prep] | 38 |
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| 22 | take a couple [prep] | 37 |
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| 23 | have a couple [prep] | 37 |
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| 24 | see a couple [prep] | 33 |
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| 25 | play a couple [prep] | 26 |
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| 26 | buy a couple [prep] | 25 |
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| 27 | get a couple [prep] | 23 |
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| 28 | get a couple [prep] | 23 |
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| 29 | find a couple [prep] | 22 |
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| 30 | need a couple [prep] | 21 |
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