| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [am/are] [adv] a few [noun pl] | 122 |
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| 2 | are [adv] a few [noun pl] | 117 |
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| 3 | [am/are] only a few [noun pl] | 41 |
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| 4 | [am/are] just a few [noun pl] | 34 |
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| 5 | [am/are] quite a few [noun pl] | 20 |
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| 6 | [am/are] [adv] a few examples | 17 |
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| 7 | [am/are] still a few [noun pl] | 14 |
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| 8 | [am/are] also a few [noun pl] | 7 |
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| 9 | [am/are] [adv] a few places | 5 |
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| 10 | [am/are] [adv] a few miles | 5 |
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| 11 | [am/are] [adv] a few things | 5 |
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