| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] were [verb] a few [noun] | 11 |
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| 2 | [noun] were [verb] a few [noun] | 11 |
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| 3 | [pers pn] were [verb] a few [noun] | 10 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] were [verb] a few [noun] | 8 |
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| 5 | were [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 19 |
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| 6 | were [verb] [prep] a few [noun] | 19 |
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| 7 | were [verb] in a few [noun] | 6 |
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| 8 | were [verb] in a few [noun] | 6 |
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| 9 | were [verb] within a few [noun] | 5 |
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| 10 | were [verb] within a few [noun] | 5 |
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| 11 | were [verb] a few [noun] [adv] | 18 |
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| 12 | were [verb] a few [noun] [adv] | 17 |
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| 13 | were [verb] a few [noun] ago | 8 |
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| 14 | were [verb] a few [noun] ago | 8 |
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| 15 | were [verb] a few [noun] [prep] | 7 |
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| 16 | were [verb] a few [noun] [prep] | 7 |
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| 17 | were [verb] a few [noun] later | 5 |
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| 18 | were [verb] a few [noun] later | 5 |
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