| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] only a few [noun] [prep] | 75 |
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| 2 | be only a few [noun] [prep] | 56 |
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| 3 | [be] only a few [noun] [prep] | 56 |
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| 4 | [prep] only a few [noun] [prep] | 53 |
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| 5 | [prep] only a few [noun] [prep] | 53 |
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| 6 | [noun] only a few [noun] [prep] | 30 |
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| 7 | [noun sg] only a few [noun] [prep] | 23 |
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| 8 | [was/were] only a few [noun] [prep] | 23 |
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| 9 | [vb past] only a few [noun] [prep] | 21 |
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| 10 | [vb pp] only a few [noun] [prep] | 19 |
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| 11 | with only a few [noun] [prep] | 16 |
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| 12 | with only a few [noun] [prep] | 16 |
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| 13 | [is] only a few [noun] [prep] | 14 |
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| 14 | [am/are] only a few [noun] [prep] | 13 |
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| 15 | [adv] only a few [noun] [prep] | 12 |
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| 16 | was only a few [noun] [prep] | 12 |
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| 17 | are only a few [noun] [prep] | 12 |
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| 18 | were only a few [noun] [prep] | 11 |
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| 19 | [conj] only a few [noun] [prep] | 11 |
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| 20 | of only a few [noun] [prep] | 10 |
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| 21 | is only a few [noun] [prep] | 10 |
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| 22 | [vb -s] only a few [noun] [prep] | 10 |
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| 23 | of only a few [noun] [prep] | 10 |
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| 24 | for only a few [noun] [prep] | 9 |
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| 25 | [to-vb] only a few [noun] [prep] | 9 |
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| 26 | for only a few [noun] [prep] | 9 |
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| 27 | [coord] only a few [noun] [prep] | 8 |
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| 28 | [vb infin] only a few [noun] [prep] | 7 |
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| 29 | [v-ing] only a few [noun] [prep] | 7 |
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| 30 | [adv] only a few [noun] [prep] | 7 |
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