| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [verb] only a few [noun pl] | 249 |
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| 2 | [verb] only a few [noun pl] | 249 |
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| 3 | [verb] only a few [noun pl] | 249 |
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| 4 | [vb past] only a few [noun pl] | 80 |
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| 5 | [vb pp] only a few [noun pl] | 46 |
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| 6 | [v-ing] only a few [noun pl] | 36 |
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| 7 | [verb] only a few minutes | 35 |
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| 8 | have only a few [noun pl] | 29 |
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| 9 | take only a few [noun pl] | 27 |
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| 10 | [vb base] only a few [noun pl] | 27 |
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| 11 | last only a few [noun pl] | 26 |
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| 12 | [vb -s] only a few [noun pl] | 24 |
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| 13 | [vb infin] only a few [noun pl] | 21 |
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| 14 | [verb] only a few years | 19 |
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| 15 | [verb] only a few days | 19 |
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| 16 | [verb] only a few weeks | 16 |
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| 17 | [verb] only a few months | 15 |
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| 18 | [to-vb] only a few [noun pl] | 15 |
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| 19 | [verb] only a few seconds | 14 |
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| 20 | have only a few [noun pl] | 14 |
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| 21 | [verb] only a few hours | 13 |
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| 22 | lasted only a few [noun pl] | 12 |
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| 23 | took only a few [noun pl] | 11 |
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| 24 | [verb] only a few feet | 11 |
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| 25 | had only a few [noun pl] | 9 |
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| 26 | [verb] only a few miles | 7 |
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| 27 | [verb] only a few moments | 7 |
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| 28 | live only a few [noun pl] | 7 |
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| 29 | see only a few [noun pl] | 6 |
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| 30 | lasting only a few [noun pl] | 6 |
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