| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] were a few [noun pl] [prep] | 42 |
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| 2 | there were a few [noun pl] [prep] | 37 |
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| 3 | there were a few [noun pl] [prep] | 37 |
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| 4 | [ex0] were a few [noun pl] [prep] | 37 |
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| 5 | were [adv] a few [noun pl] [prep] | 21 |
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| 6 | were [adv] a few [noun pl] [prep] | 21 |
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| 7 | were only a few [noun pl] [prep] | 11 |
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| 8 | were only a few [noun pl] [prep] | 11 |
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| 9 | were [verb] a few [noun pl] [prep] | 7 |
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| 10 | were a few [adj] [noun pl] [prep] | 14 |
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| 11 | were a few [adj] [noun pl] [prep] | 14 |
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| 12 | were a few [noun pl] [verb] [prep] | 5 |
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| 13 | were a few [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 18 |
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| 14 | were a few [noun pl] [prep] [art] | 18 |
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| 15 | were a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] | 17 |
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| 16 | were a few [noun pl] [prep] the | 17 |
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| 17 | were a few [noun pl] [prep] the | 17 |
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| 18 | were a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] | 12 |
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| 19 | were a few [noun pl] [prep] [adj] | 10 |
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| 20 | were a few [noun pl] [prep] [adj] | 6 |
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