| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | only a few [adj] [noun] | 203 |
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| 2 | only a few [adj] [noun pl] | 187 |
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| 3 | only a few [adj] [noun] | 127 |
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| 4 | only a few [num] [noun] | 67 |
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| 5 | only a few hundred [noun] | 46 |
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| 6 | only a few hundred [noun] | 46 |
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| 7 | only a few [adj] yards | 21 |
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| 8 | only a few [adj] yard | 21 |
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| 9 | only a few thousand [noun] | 16 |
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| 10 | only a few thousand [noun] | 16 |
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| 11 | only a few [adj] [n mass] | 14 |
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| 12 | only a few [adj] year | 9 |
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| 13 | only a few [adj] people | 9 |
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| 14 | only a few [adj] people | 9 |
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| 15 | only a few [det] [noun] | 9 |
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| 16 | only a few [adj] years | 9 |
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| 17 | only a few more [noun] | 8 |
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| 18 | only a few more [noun] | 8 |
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| 19 | only a few short [noun] | 7 |
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| 20 | only a few short [noun] | 7 |
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| 21 | only a few [adj] metres | 6 |
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| 22 | only a few [adj] metre | 6 |
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| 23 | only a few [adj] pounds | 6 |
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| 24 | only a few [adj] pound | 6 |
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