| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [be] only a couple [prep] | 49 |
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| 2 | be only a couple [prep] | 49 |
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| 3 | [verb] only a couple [prep] | 24 |
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| 4 | [was/were] only a couple [prep] | 24 |
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| 5 | [prep] only a couple [prep] | 22 |
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| 6 | [prep] only a couple [prep] | 22 |
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| 7 | [is] only a couple [prep] | 17 |
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| 8 | was only a couple [prep] | 17 |
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| 9 | [conj] only a couple [prep] | 13 |
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| 10 | 's only a couple [prep] | 13 |
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| 11 | [noun] only a couple [prep] | 13 |
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| 12 | with only a couple [prep] | 12 |
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| 13 | with only a couple [prep] | 12 |
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| 14 | [vb past] only a couple [prep] | 9 |
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| 15 | [adv] only a couple [prep] | 8 |
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| 16 | [vb pp] only a couple [prep] | 7 |
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| 17 | were only a couple [prep] | 7 |
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| 18 | [noun sg] only a couple [prep] | 7 |
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| 19 | [adv] only a couple [prep] | 6 |
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| 20 | [pron] only a couple [prep] | 6 |
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| 21 | after only a couple [prep] | 5 |
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| 22 | after only a couple [prep] | 5 |
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| 23 | [subord] only a couple [prep] | 5 |
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| 24 | [vb -s] only a couple [prep] | 5 |
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| 25 | [am/are] only a couple [prep] | 5 |
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| 26 | [coord] only a couple [prep] | 5 |
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| 27 | [adj] only a couple [prep] | 5 |
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| 28 | only [verb] a couple [prep] | 52 |
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| 29 | only [vb pp] a couple [prep] | 17 |
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| 30 | only [vb past] a couple [prep] | 15 |
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