| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [prep] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 122 |
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| 2 | [prep] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 122 |
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| 3 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 103 |
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| 4 | [adv] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 94 |
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| 5 | only a few [noun pl] [adj] | 59 |
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| 6 | only a few [noun pl] [adj] | 59 |
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| 7 | be a few [noun pl] [adj] | 56 |
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| 8 | [be] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 56 |
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| 9 | [verb] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 51 |
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| 10 | for a few [noun pl] [adj] | 39 |
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| 11 | for a few [noun pl] [adj] | 39 |
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| 12 | [conj] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 29 |
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| 13 | in a few [noun pl] [adj] | 25 |
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| 14 | in a few [noun pl] [adj] | 25 |
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| 15 | [noun] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 24 |
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| 16 | within a few [noun pl] [adj] | 22 |
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| 17 | within a few [noun pl] [adj] | 22 |
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| 18 | just a few [noun pl] [adj] | 18 |
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| 19 | [was/were] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 18 |
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| 20 | just a few [noun pl] [adj] | 18 |
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| 21 | [is] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 15 |
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| 22 | [subord] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 15 |
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| 23 | [noun sg] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 15 |
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| 24 | was a few [noun pl] [adj] | 14 |
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| 25 | [coord] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 12 |
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| 26 | than a few [noun pl] [adj] | 11 |
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| 27 | than a few [noun pl] [adj] | 11 |
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| 28 | [to-vb] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 11 |
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| 29 | [am/are] a few [noun pl] [adj] | 11 |
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| 30 | 's a few [noun pl] [adj] | 9 |
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