| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] [adv] a few [noun] | 577 |
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| 2 | [verb] [adv] a [det] [noun pl] | 535 |
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| 3 | [verb] only a [det] [noun] | 260 |
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| 4 | [vb past] [adv] a [det] [noun] | 181 |
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| 5 | [verb] quite a [det] [noun] | 141 |
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| 6 | [vb pp] [adv] a [det] [noun] | 130 |
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| 7 | [verb] just a [det] [noun] | 104 |
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| 8 | [vb base] [adv] a [det] [noun] | 76 |
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| 9 | have [adv] a [det] [noun] | 69 |
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| 10 | [v-ing] [adv] a [det] [noun] | 68 |
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| 11 | [vb infin] [adv] a [det] [noun] | 49 |
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| 12 | [to-vb] [adv] a [det] [noun] | 49 |
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| 13 | take [adv] a [det] [noun] | 45 |
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| 14 | [verb] [adv] a [det] minutes | 44 |
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| 15 | [vb -s] [adv] a [det] [noun] | 44 |
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| 16 | [verb] [adv] a [det] minute | 44 |
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| 17 | [verb] [adv] a [det] year | 41 |
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| 18 | [verb] [adv] a [det] years | 41 |
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| 19 | [verb] [adv] a [det] day | 36 |
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| 20 | [verb] [adv] a [det] days | 36 |
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| 21 | [verb] [adv] a [det] [n mass] | 31 |
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| 22 | [verb] [adv] a [det] [noun sg] | 31 |
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| 23 | last [adv] a [det] [noun] | 27 |
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| 24 | [verb] [adv] a [det] weeks | 26 |
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| 25 | [verb] [adv] a [det] week | 26 |
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| 26 | have [adv] a [det] [noun] | 26 |
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| 27 | had [adv] a [det] [noun] | 26 |
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| 28 | [verb] [adv] a [det] months | 24 |
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| 29 | [verb] [adv] a [det] month | 24 |
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| 30 | get [adv] a [det] [noun] | 23 |
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