| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [adv] a [det] [noun pl] | 535 |
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| 2 | [verb] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 534 |
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| 3 | [verb] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 534 |
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| 4 | [verb] only a [adj] [noun pl] | 259 |
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| 5 | [vb past] [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 209 |
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| 6 | [verb] [adv] a [num] [noun pl] | 165 |
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| 7 | [vb pp] [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 159 |
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| 8 | [verb] quite a [adj] [noun pl] | 114 |
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| 9 | [verb] just a [adj] [noun pl] | 94 |
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| 10 | [v-ing] [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 86 |
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| 11 | have [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 81 |
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| 12 | [vb base] [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 76 |
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| 13 | [vb -s] [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 68 |
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| 14 | [to-vb] [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 65 |
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| 15 | [verb] over a [adj] [noun pl] | 64 |
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| 16 | [verb] [adv] a [adj] years | 60 |
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| 17 | [verb] [adv] a hundred [noun pl] | 58 |
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| 18 | [verb] [adv] a hundred [noun pl] | 58 |
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| 19 | [vb infin] [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 52 |
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| 20 | [verb] about a [adj] [noun pl] | 52 |
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| 21 | take [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 46 |
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| 22 | [verb] [adv] a [adj] minutes | 44 |
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| 23 | [verb] [adv] a thousand [noun pl] | 37 |
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| 24 | [verb] [adv] a thousand [noun pl] | 37 |
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| 25 | [verb] [adv] a [adj] days | 36 |
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| 26 | [verb] [adv] a dozen [noun pl] | 35 |
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| 27 | [verb] [adv] a dozen [noun pl] | 35 |
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| 28 | [verb] [adv] a million [noun pl] | 29 |
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| 29 | [verb] [adv] a million [noun pl] | 29 |
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| 30 | last [adv] a [adj] [noun pl] | 27 |
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