| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a few [noun] [verb] | 301 |
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| 2 | [prep] a few [noun] [verb] | 268 |
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| 3 | [prep] a few [noun] [verb] | 268 |
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| 4 | [adv] a few [noun] [verb] | 265 |
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| 5 | [adv] a few [noun] [verb] | 245 |
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| 6 | [conj] a few [noun] [verb] | 156 |
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| 7 | only a few [noun] [verb] | 119 |
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| 8 | only a few [noun] [verb] | 119 |
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| 9 | for a few [noun] [verb] | 97 |
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| 10 | for a few [noun] [verb] | 97 |
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| 11 | [coord] a few [noun] [verb] | 86 |
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| 12 | [vb past] a few [noun] [verb] | 74 |
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| 13 | quite a few [noun] [verb] | 72 |
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| 14 | quite a few [noun] [verb] | 72 |
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| 15 | have a few [noun] [verb] | 66 |
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| 16 | and a few [noun] [verb] | 61 |
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| 17 | and a few [noun] [verb] | 61 |
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| 18 | [subord] a few [noun] [verb] | 57 |
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| 19 | be a few [noun] [verb] | 56 |
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| 20 | [be] a few [noun] [verb] | 56 |
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| 21 | [vb base] a few [noun] [verb] | 53 |
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| 22 | [vb infin] a few [noun] [verb] | 49 |
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| 23 | take a few [noun] [verb] | 44 |
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| 24 | [pron] a few [noun] [verb] | 40 |
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| 25 | [to-vb] a few [noun] [verb] | 39 |
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| 26 | with a few [noun] [verb] | 38 |
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| 27 | [vb pp] a few [noun] [verb] | 38 |
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| 28 | with a few [noun] [verb] | 38 |
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| 29 | [pers pn] a few [noun] [verb] | 36 |
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| 30 | [noun] a few [noun] [verb] | 34 |
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