| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | a few [noun pl] [conj] [noun] | 276 |
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| 2 | a few [noun pl] [coord] [noun] | 206 |
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| 3 | a few [noun pl] [conj] [noun pl] | 187 |
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| 4 | a few [noun pl] and [noun] | 157 |
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| 5 | a few [noun pl] and [noun] | 157 |
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| 6 | a few [noun pl] [subord] [noun] | 65 |
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| 7 | a few [noun pl] [conj] [noun prp] | 56 |
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| 8 | a few [noun pl] or [noun] | 45 |
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| 9 | a few [noun pl] or [noun] | 45 |
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| 10 | a few days [conj] [noun] | 34 |
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| 11 | a few [noun pl] [conj] [noun sg] | 29 |
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| 12 | a few [noun pl] after [noun] | 23 |
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| 13 | a few [noun pl] after [noun] | 23 |
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| 14 | a few [noun pl] before [noun] | 20 |
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| 15 | a few [noun pl] before [noun] | 20 |
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| 16 | a few bits [conj] [noun] | 17 |
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| 17 | a few weeks [conj] [noun] | 16 |
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| 18 | a few [noun pl] [conj] pieces | 13 |
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| 19 | a few [noun pl] [conj] piece | 13 |
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| 20 | a few [noun pl] [conj] weeks | 12 |
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| 21 | a few [noun pl] [conj] week | 12 |
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| 22 | a few months [conj] [noun] | 12 |
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| 23 | a few hours [conj] [noun] | 10 |
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| 24 | a few odds [conj] [noun] | 9 |
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| 25 | a few [noun pl] [conj] months | 8 |
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| 26 | a few [noun pl] [conj] end | 8 |
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| 27 | a few minutes [conj] [noun] | 8 |
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| 28 | a few [noun pl] [conj] month | 8 |
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| 29 | a few [noun pl] [conj] ends | 8 |
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| 30 | a few years [conj] [noun] | 7 |
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