SN4 ""

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