| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 234 |
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| 2 | [noun sg] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 168 |
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| 3 | [noun] only a few [noun pl] | 98 |
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| 4 | [noun] just a few [noun pl] | 77 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 39 |
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| 6 | [noun] [adv] a few weeks | 28 |
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| 7 | [noun prp] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 26 |
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| 8 | [noun] [adv] a few miles | 24 |
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| 9 | [noun] [adv] a few days | 22 |
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| 10 | [noun] [adv] a few months | 20 |
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| 11 | [noun] [adv] a few yards | 20 |
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| 12 | [noun] [adv] a few years | 17 |
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| 13 | [noun] [adv] a few minutes | 16 |
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| 14 | [noun] [adv] a few feet | 12 |
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| 15 | [noun] [adv] a few hours | 12 |
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| 16 | [noun] quite a few [noun pl] | 12 |
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| 17 | [noun] [adv] a few times | 9 |
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| 18 | [noun] [adv] a few inches | 9 |
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| 19 | [noun] again a few [noun pl] | 8 |
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| 20 | place [adv] a few [noun pl] | 5 |
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| 21 | place [adv] a few [noun pl] | 5 |
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| 22 | [noun] forward a few [noun pl] | 5 |
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