| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a little [noun] | 416 |
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| 2 | [prep] a little [noun] | 234 |
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| 3 | [prep] a little [noun] | 234 |
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| 4 | with a little [noun] | 167 |
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| 5 | with a little [noun] | 167 |
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| 6 | [vb past] a little [noun] | 101 |
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| 7 | [vb infin] a little [noun] | 77 |
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| 8 | [vb base] a little [noun] | 71 |
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| 9 | [adv] a little [noun] | 69 |
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| 10 | have a little [noun] | 62 |
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| 11 | [conj] a little [noun] | 56 |
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| 12 | [v-ing] a little [noun] | 55 |
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| 13 | take a little [noun] | 51 |
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| 14 | [coord] a little [noun] | 46 |
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| 15 | [to-vb] a little [noun] | 46 |
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| 16 | [adv] a little [noun] | 46 |
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| 17 | be a little [noun] | 45 |
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| 18 | [be] a little [noun] | 45 |
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| 19 | [vb pp] a little [noun] | 36 |
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| 20 | [pron] a little [noun] | 35 |
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| 21 | and a little [noun] | 34 |
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| 22 | and a little [noun] | 34 |
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| 23 | [noun] a little [noun] | 33 |
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| 24 | [pers pn] a little [noun] | 32 |
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| 25 | [vb -s] a little [noun] | 30 |
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| 26 | need a little [noun] | 27 |
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| 27 | [noun sg] a little [noun] | 24 |
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| 28 | [was/were] a little [noun] | 24 |
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| 29 | spend a little [noun] | 23 |
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| 30 | was a little [noun] | 22 |
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