| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adv] a few [prep] | 347 |
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| 2 | [adv] a few [prep] | 310 |
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| 3 | [verb] a few [prep] | 237 |
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| 4 | [prep] a few [prep] | 127 |
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| 5 | [prep] a few [prep] | 127 |
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| 6 | [conj] a few [prep] | 122 |
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| 7 | quite a few [prep] | 109 |
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| 8 | quite a few [prep] | 109 |
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| 9 | just a few [prep] | 90 |
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| 10 | [coord] a few [prep] | 90 |
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| 11 | just a few [prep] | 90 |
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| 12 | only a few [prep] | 89 |
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| 13 | only a few [prep] | 89 |
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| 14 | and a few [prep] | 61 |
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| 15 | and a few [prep] | 61 |
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| 16 | be a few [prep] | 60 |
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| 17 | [be] a few [prep] | 60 |
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| 18 | [vb pp] a few [prep] | 44 |
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| 19 | [to-vb] a few [prep] | 44 |
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| 20 | [vb infin] a few [prep] | 41 |
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| 21 | [vb base] a few [prep] | 38 |
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| 22 | [vb past] a few [prep] | 35 |
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| 23 | [am/are] a few [prep] | 34 |
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| 24 | are a few [prep] | 33 |
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| 25 | have a few [prep] | 29 |
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| 26 | but a few [prep] | 28 |
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| 27 | but a few [prep] | 28 |
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| 28 | with a few [prep] | 26 |
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| 29 | with a few [prep] | 26 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] a few [prep] | 25 |
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