| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 347 |
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| 2 | [prep] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 296 |
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| 3 | [prep] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 296 |
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| 4 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 198 |
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| 5 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 179 |
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| 6 | [vb past] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 102 |
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| 7 | only a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 80 |
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| 8 | only a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 80 |
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| 9 | [conj] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 70 |
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| 10 | [vb pp] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 56 |
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| 11 | be a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 54 |
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| 12 | [be] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 54 |
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| 13 | [noun] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 50 |
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| 14 | for a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 50 |
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| 15 | for a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 50 |
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| 16 | with a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 50 |
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| 17 | with a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 50 |
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| 18 | within a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 49 |
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| 19 | within a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 49 |
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| 20 | [v-ing] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 48 |
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| 21 | [to-vb] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 48 |
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| 22 | just a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 48 |
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| 23 | just a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 48 |
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| 24 | [coord] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 47 |
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| 25 | [vb base] a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 44 |
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| 26 | and a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 42 |
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| 27 | and a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 42 |
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| 28 | have a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 41 |
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| 29 | after a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 38 |
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| 30 | after a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 38 |
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