| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 706 |
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| 2 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [adv] | 640 |
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| 3 | only a few [noun pl] [adv] | 337 |
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| 4 | [adv] a few [noun pl] ago | 211 |
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| 5 | [adv] a few [noun pl] ago | 211 |
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| 6 | just a few [noun pl] [adv] | 177 |
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| 7 | [adv] a few [noun pl] away | 141 |
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| 8 | [adv] a few [noun pl] away | 141 |
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| 9 | [adv] a few years [adv] | 128 |
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| 10 | [adv] a few [noun pl] later | 101 |
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| 11 | [adv] a few [noun pl] later | 101 |
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| 12 | [adv] a few weeks [adv] | 80 |
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| 13 | [adv] a few months [adv] | 75 |
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| 14 | [adv] a few days [adv] | 60 |
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| 15 | [adv] a few miles [adv] | 55 |
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| 16 | [adv] a few minutes [adv] | 48 |
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| 17 | quite a few [noun pl] [adv] | 45 |
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| 18 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [adv prt] | 45 |
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| 19 | [adv] a few feet [adv] | 42 |
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| 20 | [adv] a few [noun pl] before | 34 |
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| 21 | [adv] a few [noun pl] before | 34 |
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| 22 | [adv] a few hours [adv] | 33 |
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| 23 | [adv] a few [noun pl] early | 32 |
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| 24 | [adv] a few yards [adv] | 32 |
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| 25 | [adv] a few [noun pl] earlier | 31 |
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| 26 | then a few [noun pl] [adv] | 26 |
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| 27 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [Wh adv] | 21 |
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| 28 | again a few [noun pl] [adv] | 18 |
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| 29 | here a few [noun pl] [adv] | 14 |
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| 30 | even a few [noun pl] [adv] | 14 |
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