| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [verb] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 36 |
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| 2 | was [vb pp] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 29 |
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| 3 | was [verb] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 24 |
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| 4 | was [verb] [adv prt] a few [noun pl] | 12 |
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| 5 | was [verb] only a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 6 | was [verb] only a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 7 | was [verb] just a few [noun pl] | 9 |
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| 8 | was [verb] just a few [noun pl] | 9 |
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| 9 | was [verb] [adv] a few years | 8 |
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| 10 | was [verb] [adv] a few days | 7 |
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| 11 | was [v-ing] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 6 |
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