| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 818 |
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| 2 | [verb] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 534 |
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| 3 | [verb] [adv prt] a few [noun pl] | 278 |
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| 4 | [verb] only a few [noun pl] | 249 |
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| 5 | [verb] only a few [noun pl] | 249 |
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| 6 | [vb past] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 238 |
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| 7 | [vb pp] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 161 |
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| 8 | [verb] quite a few [noun pl] | 113 |
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| 9 | [verb] quite a few [noun pl] | 113 |
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| 10 | [vb base] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 109 |
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| 11 | [v-ing] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 105 |
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| 12 | [verb] up a few [noun pl] | 94 |
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| 13 | [verb] up a few [noun pl] | 94 |
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| 14 | [verb] just a few [noun pl] | 91 |
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| 15 | [verb] just a few [noun pl] | 91 |
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| 16 | [to-vb] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 89 |
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| 17 | [verb] out a few [noun pl] | 69 |
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| 18 | [verb] out a few [noun pl] | 69 |
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| 19 | [verb] [adv] a few years | 67 |
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| 20 | [vb infin] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 66 |
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| 21 | have [adv] a few [noun pl] | 63 |
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| 22 | [verb] [adv] a few minutes | 54 |
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| 23 | [vb -s] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 50 |
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| 24 | [verb] [adv] a few days | 46 |
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| 25 | take [adv] a few [noun pl] | 46 |
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| 26 | [verb] back a few [noun pl] | 36 |
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| 27 | [verb] back a few [noun pl] | 36 |
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| 28 | [verb] [adv] a few weeks | 34 |
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| 29 | [verb] [adv] a few months | 32 |
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| 30 | [verb] down a few [noun pl] | 28 |
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