| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a few [noun pl] the [noun] | 115 |
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| 2 | [prep] a few [noun pl] the [noun sg] | 85 |
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| 3 | after a few [noun pl] the [noun] | 36 |
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| 4 | in a few [noun pl] the [noun] | 32 |
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| 5 | [prep] a few [noun pl] the [noun pl] | 26 |
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| 6 | within a few [noun pl] the [noun] | 21 |
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| 7 | for a few [noun pl] the [noun] | 17 |
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| 8 | [prep] a few years the [noun] | 17 |
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| 9 | [prep] a few days the [noun] | 15 |
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| 10 | [prep] a few seconds the [noun] | 15 |
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| 11 | [prep] a few minutes the [noun] | 12 |
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| 12 | [prep] a few weeks the [noun] | 11 |
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| 13 | [prep] a few moments the [noun] | 8 |
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| 14 | [prep] a few cases the [noun] | 8 |
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| 15 | [prep] a few hours the [noun] | 6 |
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| 16 | of a few [noun pl] the [noun] | 5 |
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| 17 | [prep] a few instances the [noun] | 5 |
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