| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [adv] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 67 |
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| 2 | [adv] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 64 |
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| 3 | [verb] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 40 |
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| 4 | quite a few [prep] [pers pn] | 35 |
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| 5 | quite a few [prep] [pers pn] | 35 |
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| 6 | [conj] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 26 |
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| 7 | [coord] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 19 |
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| 8 | [be] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 18 |
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| 9 | be a few [prep] [pers pn] | 18 |
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| 10 | only a few [prep] [pers pn] | 18 |
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| 11 | only a few [prep] [pers pn] | 18 |
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| 12 | [prep] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 15 |
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| 13 | [prep] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 15 |
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| 14 | and a few [prep] [pers pn] | 13 |
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| 15 | and a few [prep] [pers pn] | 13 |
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| 16 | [vb infin] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 11 |
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| 17 | [vb past] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 9 |
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| 18 | [vb pp] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 8 |
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| 19 | [is] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 6 |
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| 20 | 's a few [prep] [pers pn] | 6 |
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| 21 | [am/are] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 6 |
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| 22 | but a few [prep] [pers pn] | 6 |
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| 23 | are a few [prep] [pers pn] | 6 |
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| 24 | but a few [prep] [pers pn] | 6 |
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| 25 | just a few [prep] [pers pn] | 6 |
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| 26 | just a few [prep] [pers pn] | 6 |
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| 27 | [to-vb] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 6 |
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| 28 | have a few [prep] [pers pn] | 5 |
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| 29 | [subord] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 5 |
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| 30 | [was/were] a few [prep] [pers pn] | 5 |
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