| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a couple of [noun] | 1356 |
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| 2 | [verb] a couple [prep] [noun pl] | 1210 |
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| 3 | [vb past] a couple [prep] [noun] | 411 |
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| 4 | [vb pp] a couple [prep] [noun] | 257 |
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| 5 | [vb base] a couple [prep] [noun] | 208 |
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| 6 | have a couple [prep] [noun] | 183 |
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| 7 | [vb infin] a couple [prep] [noun] | 161 |
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| 8 | [to-vb] a couple [prep] [noun] | 148 |
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| 9 | take a couple [prep] [noun] | 124 |
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| 10 | [v-ing] a couple [prep] [noun] | 109 |
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| 11 | get a couple [prep] [noun] | 108 |
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| 12 | [verb] a couple [prep] [noun sg] | 94 |
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| 13 | [verb] a couple [prep] hour | 86 |
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| 14 | [verb] a couple [prep] hours | 86 |
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| 15 | [verb] a couple [prep] day | 72 |
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| 16 | [verb] a couple [prep] days | 71 |
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| 17 | [vb -s] a couple [prep] [noun] | 67 |
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| 18 | [verb] a couple [prep] times | 62 |
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| 19 | [verb] a couple [prep] time | 62 |
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| 20 | [verb] a couple [prep] year | 61 |
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| 21 | [verb] a couple [prep] years | 61 |
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| 22 | had a couple [prep] [noun] | 58 |
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| 23 | got a couple [prep] [noun] | 54 |
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| 24 | do a couple [prep] [noun] | 49 |
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| 25 | took a couple [prep] [noun] | 47 |
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| 26 | [verb] a couple [prep] week | 47 |
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| 27 | [verb] a couple [prep] weeks | 46 |
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| 28 | spend a couple [prep] [noun] | 39 |
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| 29 | [verb] a couple [prep] minute | 36 |
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| 30 | [verb] a couple [prep] [n mass] | 36 |
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