| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [conj] there were [adv] a few | 26 |
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| 2 | [coord] there were [adv] a few | 16 |
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| 3 | and there were [adv] a few | 11 |
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| 4 | and there were [adv] a few | 11 |
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| 5 | [noun] there were [adv] a few | 10 |
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| 6 | [subord] there were [adv] a few | 8 |
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| 7 | [noun sg] there were [adv] a few | 6 |
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| 8 | but there were [adv] a few | 5 |
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| 9 | but there were [adv] a few | 5 |
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| 10 | there were [adv] a few [noun] | 50 |
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| 11 | there were [adv] a few [noun pl] | 39 |
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| 12 | there were [adv] a few [adj] | 32 |
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| 13 | there were [adv] a few [adj] | 29 |
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| 14 | there were [adv] a few [n mass] | 7 |
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| 15 | there were [adv] a few people | 7 |
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| 16 | there were [adv] a few people | 7 |
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