SN4 ""

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