| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [conj] [verb] a few [noun pl] | 283 |
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| 2 | [coord] [verb] a few [noun pl] | 253 |
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| 3 | and [verb] a few [noun pl] | 222 |
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| 4 | and [verb] a few [noun pl] | 222 |
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| 5 | [conj] [vb past] a few [noun pl] | 135 |
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| 6 | [conj] [vb base] a few [noun pl] | 63 |
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| 7 | [conj] [v-ing] a few [noun pl] | 40 |
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| 8 | [conj] take a few [noun pl] | 21 |
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| 9 | [subord] [verb] a few [noun pl] | 20 |
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| 10 | or [verb] a few [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 11 | or [verb] a few [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 12 | [conj] have a few [noun pl] | 18 |
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| 13 | [conj] [vb infin] a few [noun pl] | 17 |
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| 14 | [conj] make a few [noun pl] | 14 |
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| 15 | [conj] [verb] a few words | 13 |
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| 16 | [conj] [verb] a few rows | 12 |
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| 17 | [conj] [verb] a few minutes | 12 |
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| 18 | [conj] [verb] a few days | 11 |
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| 19 | [conj] [verb] a few steps | 11 |
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| 20 | [conj] had a few [noun pl] | 11 |
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| 21 | [conj] [vb -s] a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 22 | but [verb] a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 23 | than [verb] a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 24 | [conj] take a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 25 | that [verb] a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 26 | than [verb] a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 27 | that [verb] a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 28 | but [verb] a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 29 | [conj] [to-vb] a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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| 30 | [that] [verb] a few [noun pl] | 10 |
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