| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [conj] [prep] a few [noun pl] | 414 |
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| 2 | [coord] [prep] a few [noun pl] | 299 |
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| 3 | and [prep] a few [noun pl] | 206 |
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| 4 | and [prep] a few [noun pl] | 206 |
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| 5 | [conj] in a few [noun pl] | 111 |
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| 6 | [conj] after a few [noun pl] | 107 |
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| 7 | [conj] within a few [noun pl] | 86 |
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| 8 | but [prep] a few [noun pl] | 85 |
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| 9 | but [prep] a few [noun pl] | 82 |
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| 10 | [conj] for a few [noun pl] | 75 |
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| 11 | that [prep] a few [noun pl] | 60 |
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| 12 | [that] [prep] a few [noun pl] | 60 |
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| 13 | that [prep] a few [noun pl] | 60 |
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| 14 | [conj] [prep] a few years | 59 |
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| 15 | [subord] [prep] a few [noun pl] | 55 |
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| 16 | [conj] [prep] a few days | 54 |
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| 17 | [conj] [prep] a few minutes | 46 |
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| 18 | [conj] [prep] a few moments | 35 |
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| 19 | [conj] [prep] a few weeks | 32 |
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| 20 | [conj] [prep] a few months | 32 |
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| 21 | except [prep] a few [noun pl] | 28 |
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| 22 | except [prep] a few [noun pl] | 28 |
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| 23 | [conj] [prep] a few cases | 27 |
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| 24 | [conj] [prep] a few hours | 19 |
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| 25 | [conj] [prep] a few seconds | 18 |
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| 26 | [conj] with a few [noun pl] | 16 |
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| 27 | or [prep] a few [noun pl] | 11 |
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| 28 | or [prep] a few [noun pl] | 11 |
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| 29 | [conj] [prep] a few exceptions | 7 |
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| 30 | because [prep] a few [noun pl] | 6 |
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