No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | be [adv] a few [noun pl] | 445 | |
2 | be [adv] a few [noun pl] | 435 | |
3 | be only a few [noun pl] | 218 | |
4 | be only a few [noun pl] | 218 | |
5 | are [adv] a few [noun pl] | 119 | |
6 | was [adv] a few [noun pl] | 93 | |
7 | be just a few [noun pl] | 77 | |
8 | be just a few [noun pl] | 77 | |
9 | be quite a few [noun pl] | 61 | |
10 | be quite a few [noun pl] | 61 | |
11 | were [adv] a few [noun pl] | 61 | |
12 | is [adv] a few [noun pl] | 54 | |
13 | 's [adv] a few [noun pl] | 46 | |
14 | be [adv] a few minutes | 40 | |
15 | been [adv] a few [noun pl] | 36 | |
16 | be [adv] a few miles | 31 | |
17 | be [adv] a few [noun pl] | 24 | |
18 | be still a few [noun pl] | 22 | |
19 | be still a few [noun pl] | 22 | |
20 | be [adv] a few months | 21 | |
21 | be [adv] a few years | 19 | |
22 | be [adv] a few examples | 17 | |
23 | be [adv] a few feet | 14 | |
24 | be [adv] a few weeks | 14 | |
25 | be [adv] a few yards | 14 | |
26 | be [adv] a few days | 14 | |
27 | be [adv] a few hours | 12 | |
28 | be [adv] a few inches | 12 | |
29 | be there a few [noun pl] | 11 | |
30 | be there a few [noun pl] | 11 |