| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adv] a few [num] [noun pl] | 93 |
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| 2 | [adv] a few [num] [noun pl] | 86 |
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| 3 | [adv] a few hundred [noun pl] | 69 |
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| 4 | only a few [num] [noun pl] | 60 |
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| 5 | only a few [num] [noun pl] | 60 |
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| 6 | [adv] a few [num] yards | 33 |
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| 7 | [adv] a few thousand [noun pl] | 21 |
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| 8 | just a few [num] [noun pl] | 17 |
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| 9 | just a few [num] [noun pl] | 17 |
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| 10 | [adv] a few [num] years | 12 |
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| 11 | [adv] a few [num] pounds | 10 |
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| 12 | [adv] a few [num] metres | 7 |
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| 13 | [adv prt] a few [num] [noun pl] | 6 |
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