| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 66 |
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| 2 | [prep] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 58 |
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| 3 | [prep] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 58 |
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| 4 | [adv] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 43 |
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| 5 | [adv] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 41 |
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| 6 | spend a few [noun] [v-ing] | 25 |
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| 7 | [vb past] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 24 |
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| 8 | be a few [noun] [v-ing] | 20 |
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| 9 | [be] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 20 |
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| 10 | quite a few [noun] [v-ing] | 19 |
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| 11 | for a few [noun] [v-ing] | 19 |
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| 12 | quite a few [noun] [v-ing] | 19 |
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| 13 | for a few [noun] [v-ing] | 19 |
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| 14 | only a few [noun] [v-ing] | 13 |
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| 15 | only a few [noun] [v-ing] | 13 |
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| 16 | [vb infin] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 12 |
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| 17 | have a few [noun] [v-ing] | 11 |
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| 18 | [vb base] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 10 |
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| 19 | with a few [noun] [v-ing] | 10 |
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| 20 | with a few [noun] [v-ing] | 10 |
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| 21 | [conj] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 10 |
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| 22 | of a few [noun] [v-ing] | 9 |
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| 23 | of a few [noun] [v-ing] | 9 |
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| 24 | spent a few [noun] [v-ing] | 9 |
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| 25 | [was/were] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 8 |
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| 26 | were a few [noun] [v-ing] | 8 |
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| 27 | [coord] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 8 |
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| 28 | [to-vb] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 7 |
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| 29 | are a few [noun] [v-ing] | 7 |
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| 30 | [am/are] a few [noun] [v-ing] | 7 |
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